linen on linen | Media | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

We have 4 objects in this medium

White cover with white embroidery made in a sixteenth century style and pattern. At each end a three inch band has been divided by zigzags to create triangles filled with fantastic animals or plants which do not repeat. Above and below the wide bands are narrower bands filled with a pattern of a curving vine.

Cover (Italy), 18th–19th century
linen on linen.
Gift of Marco Grassi.
1978-157-4

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Textile (USA)
linen on linen.
1957-117-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Strip of white linen embroidered in white linen in design of conventionalized flowers and leaves with scrolls.

Textile (Germany), 18th century
linen on linen.
Gift of Mrs. Henry J. Bernheim.
1947-47-4

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Geometric designs forming an all-over pattern. In blue on a white ground. Border design of tiny trees.

Fragment, possibly 17th century
linen on linen.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1896-1-83

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.