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Embroidery fragment from collar
Probably American
About 1830–60
Medium/Technique
Cotton with cotton embroidery
Dimensions
22.5 x 35.9 cm (8 7/8 x 14 1/8 in. )
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Ellen S. Bates
Accession Number17.1594
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionFine white muslin on which are embroidered with white cotton and laid-work roses, carnations, forget-me-nots and convolvulors arranged in semicircular groups or scattered like a powder. The curved lower edge is finished with a scallop and a line of drawn-work, above is a border of separate leaves and rosebuds. The other edges are hemmed. 17.1593 and 17.1594 probably cut from the same cape or collar.