Chest or table cover
Sardinian
Dimensions
296 x 68 cm (116 9/16 x 26 3/4 in.); Legacy dimension: 0.68 x 2.96
Accession Number
25.587
Medium or Technique
Linen, cotton, wool, and silk; weaving
Not On View
Collections
Europe, Textiles and Fashion Arts
Classifications
Coarse heavy linen with a design of conventional and geometric animals, birds, human and fantastic figures, flowers, etc. arranged in bands. Woven with natural dark wool, pink, blue, green and neutral yellow cotton, neutral yellow, yellowish green silk, and a little tarnished metal thread. Bound with worn and faded yellowish green silk.
Provenance
Purchased
Credit Line
Special Textile Fund