- Owned by
- Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
- Date
- 1828-1850
- Medium
- cotton
- Dimensions
- H x W: 16 1/4 × 47 1/2 in. (41.3 × 120.7 cm)
- Description
- A piece of fabric with open whitework embroidery in a paisley design.
- The embroidery is situated along the longest edge of the fabric fragment and features open holes in the fabric overcast with white embroidery thread. The holes are arranged in a series of concentric curved feather shapes. The first feather is oriented vertically, with the rest oriented horizontally and getting progressively smaller along the fabric edge. The larger shapes have leaf-shaped designs in the center and the smaller shapes have flowers in the center. The fabric edge next to the paisley design also features open whitework, with a scalloped cut and overcast edge along a line of open circular holes, also overcast in white thread.
- Some of the holes at the bottom of the cloth are stretched and torn. There are a few holes in other areas of the cloth and there are some small pieces torn off on the edges. Areas of the cloth are stained and discolored from age.
- Place made
- Charleston County, United States, North and Central America
- Place collected
- Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.108.17.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




