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Decoration from a smock
Russian
18th or early 19th century
Medium/Technique
Cotton, Linen and silk; embroidery
Dimensions
Overall: 22.8 x 32 cm (9 x 12 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Frederick Brown Fund
Accession Number31.174
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionGround: white linen. Design: rectangle with narrow border on four sides, enclosing interlacing diamond lattice worked in straight stitches with pink cotton and silver thread, (silvered copper wound on linen thread) framing silver rosettes outlined with pink, surrounded by small black spots. In the narrow border are small swastikas worked with light neutral orange and black silk. Outside the rectangle is a zig-zag pattern with geometric flowers across the top, worked with pink cotton and a little light neutral orange, neutral green and black silk.
ProvenanceFrom the Collection of Madame N. de Shabelsky