Quilt
date: label: Date
content: 15th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Octagon and diamond grid covering entire surface of half a quilt. Each diamond contains a four-legged animal: one with large antlers, another with a bird perched on its back. Each octagon has an eight-pointed star containing fantastic animals of various types with wings, antlers, tails; some are four-legged and others are bird-like. Weft-loop fringe on three sides.
place: label: made in
content: Sicily, Italy
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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 Josephine Howell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1976-68-1
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Quilt
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen, cotton Technique: trapunto (two layers of plain weave, pattern outlined in back stitch, pattern shapes stuffed with unspun cotton or heavy cotton cord, background areas textured by running stitches which also hold two layers together
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 199.5 x 85 cm (6 ft. 6 9/16 in. x 33 7/16 in.)