Design for Berlin Wool Work, Spitz

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Object Details

Designer

P. Trübe, Berlin, Germany

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Embroidery design featuring a white Spitz-type dog, seen in left profile, lying on a red cushion, trimmed with yellow tassels.

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Louis T. Merriam

Date

ca. 1850

Accession Number

1960-59-1

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

textile designs

Object Name

Drawing

Type

Drawing

Medium

Brush and gouache over etching on blue-gray wove paper

Dimensions

21 x 28.3 cm (8 1/4 x 11 1/8 in.)

Platemark: 13.2 x 16.2 cm (5 3/16 x 6 3/8 in.)

made in

Berlin, Germany

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Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq40cf692e4-56f1-4e1c-90fd-183652273e01

Record ID

chndm_1960-59-1

Design for Berlin Wool Work, Spitz

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