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Part of a long cover
English
Early 17th century
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Linen plain weave, embroidered with silk and metallic threads
Dimensions
Overall: 186.1 x 77.2 cm (73 1/4 x 30 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.253
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionPolychrome silk and gilt-silver yarns embroidered on undyed linen ground. Pattern of eight individual floral slips repeated throughout, divided from one another by diamond lattice-work of gilt-silver yarns. Gilt-silver border at top and both sides. Cut across bottom. Other part of this embroidery is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Good condition; faded.
ProvenanceElizabeth Day McCormick (b. 1873 - d. 1957), Chicago; 1943, gift of Elizabeth Day McCormick to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 14, 1943)