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Detail: Border
Panel of a bed tent
Dodecanese (Rhodes)
18th or 19th century
Object Place: Rhodes, Dodecanese, Greek Islands
Medium/Technique
Silk embroidery
Dimensions
206 cm (81 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Hill
Accession Number1971.441
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTwo panels sewn together. Worked with silk yarns in a local variation of the cross-stitch. Tapering panel embroidered with a vertical row of red and green "glastra" (Greek: vase) patterns and bordered with small diamond-shaped leaves; rectangular panel shows all-over pattern of stylized leaves. Some stains.