Chalice cover
date: label: Date
content: 16th–17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Faded purple ribbed silk ground embroidered in colored silk and metallic thread. Central design shows a cruciform composed of conventionalized flowerheads in profile and S-forms of foliage. Cover design of symmetrical delicately curving vine and flower. Narrow border of similar small scale design. Red, pale green and peach-colored silks.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1949-64-17
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Chalice cover
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: satin stitch embroidery
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 55 x 52 cm (21 5/8 x 20 1/2 in.)