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Cover or mat
Italian
16th century
Object Place: Italy
Medium/Technique
Linen, plain weave,cut work embroidered with linen thread with button hole and looping stitches the plain weave part is embroidered with red silk with flat stitches
Dimensions
Overall: 42 x 45.5 cm (16 9/16 x 17 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of J. W. Paige
Accession Number95.990
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionCover or mat made out of plain weave with cut work arranged in losanges with geometrical designs. Diagonal bands of red silk thread frame the cut work. The four sides are also embroidered with red silk thread with a small abstract geometrical design.
ProvenanceMr. J.W. Paige; Bequest to the MFA, April 16, 1906