Machine embroidered textile

Sample of machine-embroidered textile in imitation of Kuba, a cloth of handwoven raffia palm fibres, often embroidered, dyed, appliqued or otherwise decorated in distinctive geometric patterns originating from the ancient Kuba Kingdom of Central Africa, in the region that is today the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The textiles were produced by the New York firm Blanck & Co., who used original Kuba cloth from the collection of the Brooklyn Museum as their design source. The textile, and two other samples, were donated to the museum by Stewart Culin, curator at the Brooklyn Museum, who facilitated Blanck & Co.'s access to original Kuba cloth. Blanck and Co. were one of several comp

Textile · New York · 1923. Embroidered on a schiffli embroidery machine.. By Blanck & Co.. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.