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Object Details

Designer

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

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Silk textile with crepe woven, purple ground has a staggered repeat of satin woven, large purple roses.

Credit Line

Anonymous bequest in memory of Albert and Rebecca Elsberg

Date

ca. 1915

Accession Number

1938-82-163-b

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

woven textiles

Textile

Medium

Medium: silk Technique: complex woven

made in

Lyon, France

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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/kq4c327b6ac-7a8a-4d9a-b7ec-fe8a45323236

Record ID

chndm_1938-82-163-b

Textile

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