Indian Embroidery Kutsch

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Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Indian Embroidery Kutsch
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Date19th century
MediumEmbroidered wool on linen
DimensionsOverall: 28.6 x 23.8 cm (11 1/4 x 9 3/8 in.) Frame: 43.2 x 35.6 cm (17 x 14 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Carnegie Corporation from the Eliza M. and Sarah L. Niblack Collection
Object numberS2024.5.6
Not on view
DescriptionEmbroidered textile fragment that would have had bits of inserted mirror decoration.
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Provenance The Eliza M. and Sarah L. Niblack Collection
Markings Verso, lower left (black ink stamp): "EX NIBLACK COLLECTION"
Inscribed Verso, top left corner (adhesive label): "6. EMBROIDERY. / INDIAN (Kutsch). XIX Century. / Bits of mirror are often inserted in embroideries from this locality."
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Textile fragments
Date: 18th century
Medium: a: Embroidered wool b: Velvet
Object number: S2024.5.12a-b
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Altar cloth fragment
Date: 17th-18th century
Medium: Embroidered linen
Object number: S2024.5.33
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Rug Weave
Date: before 1927
Medium: Wool
Object number: S2024.5.14
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Textile fragments
Amelia Blanford Edwards
Date: date unknown
Medium: Linen
Object number: S2024.6.1a-c
Photograph by Dave Revette
Gerrit Smith, from the series "Abolitionists"
Karen Hampton
Date: 2015
Medium: Dye-sublimation print on polyester twill over archival inkjet print on silk organza, with hand-stitching
Object number: 2015.4
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Furnishing fabric fragment
Date: late 19th century
Medium: Cotton with silk embroidery
Object number: S2024.5.17
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Textile fragments
Amelia Blanford Edwards
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wool
Object number: S2024.6.9a-e
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Khilim fragment
Date: 19th century
Medium: Woven, dyed wool
Object number: S2024.5.13
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Tapestry fragment
Date: 18th century
Medium: Wool
Object number: S2024.5.30
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Textile fragment
Date: 1800
Medium: Wool
Object number: S2024.5.15
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Shawl fragment
Unknown artist, Turkish
Date: late 18th century
Medium: Woven wool
Object number: S2024.5.8
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Shawl fragment
Unknown artist, Scottish
Date: 19th century
Medium: Wool
Object number: S2024.5.34