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Fragment from a bed valance

Greek Islands (Dodecanese, Rhodes)
18th century
Object Place: Rhodes, Dodecanese, Greece

Medium/Technique Linen, embroidery
Dimensions Overall: 24.3 x 14.5 cm (9 9/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Miss Aimée and Miss Rosamond Lamb
Accession Number59.436
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionNatural linen tabby-woven ground, embroidered with thick floss silks in cross stitch giving a strong relief effect. Symmetrical, conventionalized brick-red tree form with yellow-green details. Edges raveling. Whitish incrustation on reverse. Linen browned.