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Medium: Medium: silk, metallic (gilt paper-wrapped onto silk core) Technique: embroidered on satin Label: silk satin embroidered with silk and metallic yarns
Genre: Embroidery & stitching
Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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