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Embroidery fragment
European
17th century (?)
Object Place: Europe
Medium/Technique
Linen tabby with silk floss and gold-colored metallic wrapped thread (couched) embroidery
Dimensions
35 x 74 cm (13 3/4 x 29 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of James William Paige
Accession Number95.1107
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionCouching. White linen; main border design of mermaids, each has one tail and holds a flowering grass in one hand. Flowers and crowns etc. Narrower borders of conventional flowers. Colors, pinks, light yellows, greens, blues, brown and gold.