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Cushion cover
Greek Islands (Dodecanese, Nisyros)
18th century
Object Place: Rhodes, Dodecanese, Greece
Medium/Technique
Embroidered cotton
Dimensions
87.5 x 39.5 cm (34 7/16 x 15 9/16 in.); Legacy dimension: 15 1/2 x 34 1/2 in.
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Aimée and Miss Rosamond Lamb
Accession Number59.463
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionNatural cotton tabby-woven ground, emroidered in tent and cross stitches. Each face has a border on three sides showing alternating blue, brown and greenish-yellow conventionalized plants set at an angle. Edges show narrow lines of stitches in same colors plus yellow-orange. Brown stains; a few white wax stains. Linen browned.