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Large shaped cover
Italian (Calabria)
18th–19th century
Object Place: Calabria, Italy
Medium/Technique
Silk; brocade
Dimensions
175 x 218 cm (68 7/8 x 85 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Charles Deering Estate
Accession Number50.3178
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionLarge shaped cover; heavy, light-neutral-brown silk ground with design brocaded with white, black, and yellow heavy silk arranged in vertical bands of pairted leaves, small birds and lozenges; edged with bright blue and yellow knotted silk fringe on all sides.