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Border from a bed cover
Greek Islands
17th century
Object Place: Greece, Epirus or Ionian Islands
Medium/Technique
Linen embroidered with silk
Dimensions
41 x 247 cm (16 1/8 x 97 1/4 in.) (detail shown)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number17.65
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionUnbleached linen(?) embroidered with design of large red tulip-shaped buds detailed with stems bearing circular flowers, and blue leaf-like forms. Smaller forms are scattered over the ground. Border on three sides has design of undulating stem bearing red, blue and yellow leaves. Worked in deep blue, red, yellow and light green silks.