Object Details
Artist
Herman A. Elsberg, (American, 1869–1938)
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Orange cloth ground with silver. Background has all-over design of minute voided vertical rectangles. Large-scale staggered horizontal repeat of circular medallion filled with small vertical rectangles alternately velvet and ground fabric.
Credit Line
Anonymous bequest in memory of Albert and Rebecca Elsberg
Date
1915
Accession Number
1938-82-191-a
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
woven textiles
Object Name
Textile
Type
Textile
Medium
Medium: silk, metal wrapped cotton core Technique: cut and voided supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a plain compound foundation
Dimensions
H x W: 99.8 x 79.1 cm (39 5/16 x 31 1/8 in.)
made in
Lyon, France
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1938-82-191-a