Embroidery Detail

c. 1940

Emily Gierman

Associated Names
Emily Gierman

Artist, American, active c. 1935

This is a photograph of a piece of embroidered fabric. The image shows a small, square piece of fabric with embroidered floral and geometric patterns on it. The fabric is centered on a plain background. The design includes a symmetrical arrangement of red and green embroidered shapes forming a diamond or square pattern oriented on its point, with smaller floral motifs inside and surrounding it. The edges of the fabric are slightly frayed.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 51 x 40.8 cm (20 1/16 x 16 1/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 7 1/4" wide; 6" long

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.98

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: EMILY GIERMAN

Wikidata ID

Q64559494

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