Textile, Medium: silk, linen, metallic thread (metal foil on linen thread) Technique: machine chain stitch embroidery on cut velvet foundation, Brick red cloth ground completely covered by two heights of gray-green silk pile: diagonal repeat giving all-over effect of debased design of scrolling arabesques outlined in tarnished metal; coarse chain-stitch done by machine. One wide selvage with double warps and wefts in brick red with narrow vertical stripes with beige warps from same house., USA, 1860–69, embroidery & stitching, Textile

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