Bed hanging
date: label: Date
content: 18th–19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Three panels of heavy unbleached linen tabby sewn together and embroidered in red silk in typical Naxian large-scale pattern of 4-pointed stars filled in with long diamond or leaf shapes in form of cross, with small geometric ornament reserved in the solid embroidery.
place: label: made in
content: Cyclades or Naxos, Greece
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Provident Securities Company from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Crocker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1955-133-17
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Bed hanging
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in counted running stitch on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 210 x 123 cm (6 ft. 10 11/16 in. x 48 7/16 in.)