Designer:

Herman A. Elsberg, (American, 1869–1938)  Search this

Medium:

Medium: silk and metallic threads Technique: cut and voided supplementary warp pile in a plain compound foundation (velvet)

Dimensions:

Warp x Weft: 57 x 76 cm (22 7/16 x 29 15/16 in.)

Type:

woven textiles

Textile

Made in:

Lyon, France

Date:

1919

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Black velvet ground with an allover design of deeply looping lines in metallic gold. Four different colors of metallics – blue, orange, violet and green – in the ground.

Credit Line:

Anonymous bequest in memory of Albert and Rebecca Elsberg

Accession Number:

1938-82-197

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Textiles Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq47235fdea-2a70-409c-81ca-5151f7181d15

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1938-82-197