Textile yardage of aqua satin and gold cotton damask in a pattern
- Title
- Textile yardage of aqua satin and gold cotton damask in a pattern
- LC Subject
- textiles (visual works)
- Donor
- Petzel, Florence Eloise
- Description
- Textile yardage of aqua satin and gold cotton damask in a pattern of bees and ornate medallions in gold cotton on aqua satin ground; medallions are spaced in alternating rows with bees patterned in the negative space; two samples of alternative colors of fabric at top.
- Motif
- Ornate medallions with bees
- Work Type
- upholstery components
- Location
- United States
- Date
- 1901/2000
- Identifier
- 1998.012.004
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Silk Satin Cotton
- Technique
- Damask
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- This is a United States 20th century reproduction of a French design. The design was popular in the early 19th century (First Empire) when Napoleon Bonaparte was ruling. The bee is sometimes referred to as the "Napoleon bee".
