Cushion cover
date: label: Date
content: early 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two pieces of fabric with blue and yellow embroidery of floral shapes. Component "a" has a length of blue and white linen five-strand braid attached which makes one inch loops at approximately one and a half inch intervals. The embroidered design is diagonal floral forms and ornamented squares. Component "b" is trimmed with braided tape in the same manner as "a." At the end of each loop is a toggle covered with blue silk and white linen. When both pieces are placed over a cushion, the toggles from "b" would button through the loops on "a" leaving the pillow exposed on the sides. The embroidery on "b" is limited to the edges of the cloth.
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: Gift of Marco Grassi
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1978-157-2-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Cushion cover
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk on linen Technique: counted stitch; double running and back stitch embriodery on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (a): 40 x 36.5 cm (15 3/4 x 14 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b): 40.5 x 37 cm (15 15/16 x 14 9/16 in.)