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Decoration from a towel
Russian
18th or early 19th century
Medium/Technique
Linen and silk; embroidery
Dimensions
Overall: 8 x 42.5 cm (3 1/8 x 16 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Frederick Brown Fund
Accession Number31.159
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionGround: white linen. Design: band made up of six small squares each enclosing a star or cross with branching arms, worked in satin stitch with reddish orange and neutral orange silk, and small eyelets worked with yellowish green, and light neutral yellow silk. Originally the design was outlined with black silk which has almost entirely disappeared. Three pieces sewed together.
ProvenanceFrom the Collection of Madame N. de Shabelsky