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Cushion cover
Greek Islands (Rhodes)
18th Century
Object Place: Rhodes, Dodecanese, Greece
Medium/Technique
Linen, embroidery
Dimensions
56 x 45.5 cm (22 1/16 x 17 15/16 in.); Legacy dimension: 17 15/16 x 21 7/16 in.
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Aimée and Miss Rosamond Lamb
Accession Number59.440
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionNatural linen tabby-woven ground, embroidered with heavy floss silks in cross, running and binding stitches. Each face shows a border of two rows of alternating dark red and blue-green leaf forms set at an angle, with details of the opposite color. Red and green star or rosette in center. Narrow border lines of same colors; seams formed of openwork stitches. Linen stamped with mark on both faces. Stained and patched; some green silks replaced. Linen browned.