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Dress

Cooper Hewitt

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    Object Details

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Long coat-shaped dress of heavy black cotton, embroidered in colored silks of red, green, white, blue and orange. Long fitted sleeve embroidered entire length and around cuff. Robe closes in front with flap to close over, open at side. Embroidery largely in geometric pattern with large stylized leaf form. All seams and edges embroidered. Edges faced inside with printed cotton, "paisley" cone shapes on red; may be remains of lining.

    Credit Line

    Gift of John C. Monks

    Date

    19th century

    Accession Number

    1966-93-3

    Restrictions & Rights

    CC0

    Type

    costume & accessories
    Dress

    Medium

    Medium: cotton and silk Technique: embroidered

    made in

    Palestine

    See more items in

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
    Textiles Department

    Data Source

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4311d7dbe-508d-4460-bf1f-5b289613dd2b

    Record ID

    chndm_1966-93-3

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