Cover or mat

Requires Photography

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