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Book Cover1799

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Embroidered book cover in cream fabric with a silk-thread landscape of rocks, conifers, and animals, framed by a metallic twisted-rope border, dated 1799
Title
Book Cover
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1799
Medium
Silk satin with silk and metallic-thread embroidery, and gold leaf
Dimensions
5 7/8 × 4 13/16 in. (14.92 × 12.22 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Irene Salinger in memory of her father, Adolph Stern
Accession Number
54.104.134
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Maeder, Edward et al.. An Elegant Art: Fashion & Fantasy in the Eighteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1983.