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Decoration from a smock
Russian
18th or early 19th century
Medium/Technique
Cotton, Linen and silk; embroidery
Dimensions
Overall: 18.7 x 31.5 cm (7 3/8 x 12 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Frederick Brown Fund
Accession Number31.185
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionGround: white linen. Design: rectangle with narrow border across top and bottom, enclosing diamond lattice formed by bands of cut-work worked with pink cotton thread outlined by blue cotton, in four sided stitch framing rosettes worked with yellowish green silk in long straight stitches, outlined with pink cotton. Originally small sequins were sewed on the rosettes, most of which have come off. Outside the rectangle is a geometric pattern worked with pink cotton.
ProvenanceFrom the Collection of Madame N. de Shabelsky