About This Artwork

After designs by Charles Percier (French, 1764–1838) and Pierre François Leonard Fontaine (French, 1762–1853)
France

Panel, 1804/15 or 1852/70

Linen, plain weave; cut and drawn thread work with cotton in interlocking lace, ladder hem, overcast, twisted buttonhole, and wave stitches; buttonhole rings and wheels; embroidered with cotton in back, individual back, padded overcast, satin, and stem stitches
52.7 x 68.1 cm (20 3/4 x 26 3/4 in.)
Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment, 1993.132




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