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Cream colored linen worked with blue silk
Italian
16th–17th century
Object Place: Italy
Medium/Technique
Linen, embroidery
Dimensions
Height x width: 73 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. (186 x 13 cm) not including fringe
Credit Line
Gift of Philip Lehman in memory of his wife Carrie L. Lehman
Accession Number38.1098
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionDesign three different pieces sewed together, vertical band with crowned birds and dolphins (at right end) and in middle and at left end conventionalized plan forms left in linen, the fine rectangular mesh ground worked with blue silk in two sided cross stitch pulled tight. Bottom and two sides edged with fringe woven with blue silk and cream colored linen.