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Detail: Border
Valance
Cyclades (Amorgos)
19th century
Object Place: Amorgos, Greek Islands, Cyclades, Greece
Medium/Technique
Silk embroidery on cotton
Dimensions
54.5 cm (21 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Louisa Q. Pierce
Accession Number55.167
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CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionA bed valance of heavy cream colored cotton, embroidered in darning stitch with silks in shades of tan, and yellowish-green, border design showing repeat of stylized plant form with paired pointed leaves, between two rows of leaves a narrow repeat of stylized plant form in handles vase worked in cross stitch; fringe of heavy silk yarns with embroidred heading in blocks of white, tan, yellowish-green, pinkish-tan, and blue sewn to two short ends and bottom edge.