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Stole
probaby Italian
17th–18th century
Medium/Technique
Silk; embroidery
Credit Line
Gift of E. Royall Tyler
Accession Number30.180
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWhite corded silk woven with thin strips of silver, now much worn, embroidered with three gold crosses, with conventionalized floral pattern at each end two leaf sprays between each cross. The embroidery is couched gold thread (gilded silver wound on yellow silk), flat gilded silver, and gilded spangles. The trimming has been ripped off the ends. Stained and worn. Like 30.181.