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Fragment of a bed tent
Greek (Dodocanese Islands, Rhodes)
18th century
Medium/Technique
Linen and silk; embroidery
Dimensions
15.5 x 97 cm (6 1/8 x 38 3/16 in.); Legacy dimension: .97 x .155
Credit Line
Gift of Elizabeth Mifflin Hammond
Accession Number33.439
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CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionGround: linen. Design: a vertical row of conventionalized plants each flanked at the top by small angular animals, worked in cross stitch (not pulled tight) with yellowish green, and reddish orange silk. Sewed to this are two strips of linen on which conventionalized leaves are worked in the same manner. Ragged.