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Drawn-work
Persian ?
18th century
Medium/Technique
Linen with silk embroidery and drawn work
Dimensions
Overall: 53.5 x 82 cm (21 1/16 x 32 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. William Fisher Wharton
Accession Number31.774
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionGround, thin cream-white linen. Design bands of elongated hexagons composed of small drawn-work squares worked with cream-white silk alternating with bands of linen with diamond lattice framing star rosettes worked in satin stitch with cream-white silk separated by narrow bands of drawn-work, the whole surrounded by a border of similar hexagons on a smaller scale. Worn and darned, pieced at one end.
ProvenanceLent by Mrs. William F. Wharton, Oct. 27, 1930.