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Cushion cover
Greek Islands (Rhodes)
18th Century
Object Place: Rhodes, Dodecanese, Greece
Medium/Technique
Linen, embroidery
Dimensions
52.5 x 43 cm (20 11/16 x 16 15/16 in.); Legacy dimension: 20 3/8 x 16 3/4 in.
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Aimée and Miss Rosamond Lamb
Accession Number59.439
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionNatural linen tabby-woven ground, embroidered with heavy floss silks in cross, herring-bone and fancy binding stitches giving a strong relief effect. Both faces show borders of alternating dark red and blue-green leaf forms set at an angle. Narrow red and green borders; seams covered by narrow bands of pale green and yellow ochre fancy openwork stitchery. Linen stamped with mark on both faces. Stained and patched. Linen browned.