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Bedcover
probably Peruvian
Colonial
1661
Object Place: Peru
Medium/Technique
Cotton; embroidery, lace
Dimensions
Overall: 229 x 325cm (90 3/16 x 127 15/16in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number52.1690
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CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionBedcover. Bright pink yarns embroidered on undyed cotton ground. Lace border on three sides. Design copied from European engravings of personifications of seasons, virtues and other subjects. Embroidered border probably copied from lace pattern books. Embroidered in white on undyed ground at lower right corner: 1° MAYO 1661.
Provenance1952, Meyer (probably Henry D. Meyer, Los Angeles); January 25-26, 1952, Meyer and others sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, lot 307, to Elizabeth Day McCormick (b. 1873 - d. 1957), Chicago; gift of Elizabeth Day McCormick to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 30, 1952)