Embroidery sample, Medium: silk thread, silk chenille thread, cotton gauze appliqué, flat gold and silver metal thread wound on a silk core, gold and silver metal coils, metal sequins, metal beads on silk ground Technique: embroidered on cut voided supplementary warp pile (velvet) Label: Satin, stem, and knot stitches in silk, chenille, and gold and silver metallic thread; embroidered gold and silver metal wire coils, sequins, beads; gauze appliqué on cut voided supplementary warp pile (velvet); paper enclosure, Dark green cut and voided velvet with minute dot pattern embroidered in elaborate border design of flower sprays in gold and silver with silver and white beads., France, ca. 1770, embroidery & stitching, Embroidery sample