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Embroidery Sample (USA)

This is a Embroidery sample. It was manufactured by George Kaplan Manufacturing Company, Inc.. It is dated 1948 and we acquired it in 1948. Its medium is brown cloth, glass beads and its technique is appliqué and embroidery. It is a part of the Textiles department.

This object was donated by George Kaplan.

  • Knot Brooch
  • annealed and bent steel jeweler's saw blades, steel.
  • The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
  • 2016-34-48

Its dimensions are

H x W: 43 x 39 cm (16 15/16 x 15 3/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Embroidery Sample (USA); Manufactured by George Kaplan Manufacturing Company, Inc.; brown cloth, glass beads; H x W: 43 x 39 cm (16 15/16 x 15 3/8 in.); 1948-38-4

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