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Fragment from valance
European
17th century
Object Place: Europe
Medium/Technique
Linen canvas with silk and wool embroidery
Dimensions
39 x 79 cm (15 3/8 x 31 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Helen S. Coolidge
Accession Number63.184
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFragment, possibly from a balance, showing a heheading. Embroidered with polychrome crewels and silks in tent-stitch on a canvas ground. At right a crowd of figures is gathered around a platform to watch a soldier behead a bound figure. At left two harnessed horses can be seen but the vehicle they pull has been cut off. Trees, flowers, and buildings in hilly landscape. Nail holes around edges, worn and soiled.