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Decoration from a head-dress
Russian
18th or early 19th century
Medium/Technique
Linen and silk; embroidery
Dimensions
Overall: 17.1 x 16 cm (6 3/4 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Frederick Brown Fund
Accession Number31.176
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionGround: light neutral linen. Design: squares with narrow border on four sides, enclosing four smaller squares, with swastika in center of each, worked with black silk in cross stitch combined with four-sided stitch and worn metal thread (silver and gilded silver wound on silk). A line of pinkish red silk divides border from inner square, a wider band of the same silk edges the squares. Alike on both sides.
ProvenanceFrom the Collection of Madame N. de Shabelsky