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Panel of a bed tent
Greek (Dodecanese Islands, Rhodes)
18th century
Medium/Technique
Linen and silk; embroidery
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: length 1.67; 0.63 across top; 0.83 across bottom
Credit Line
Bequest of Miss Ellen Starkey Bates
Accession Number28.91
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionGround: cream-white linen (two pieces joined by narrow strip of red and yellow silk). Design: vertical bands, with horizontal band across the bottom, of conventional leaf and fruit forms, worked in irregular cross-stitch with red, yellowish green, and bluish green silk. Worn, torn, and stained.