Bedcover
date: label: Date
content: 16th century
notes: label: Description
content: A square bedcover with a wide border on all sides, a central medallion and smaller medallions in each corner, with an allover floral lattice ground. The central medallion contains a double-headed eagle and the corner medallions each contain a fantastic beast. The outer borders are linked repeats of an S-shaped floral vine. All executed in light gold color flax thread on an off-white ground.
place: label: possibly made in
content: Portugal
label: possibly made in
content: Spain
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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 Phyllis Henriquez Hecht Gammon and Edward Henriquez Hecht in memory of Mrs. Anita Henriquez Hecht and museum purchase through bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1998-3-1
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Bedcover
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen foundation, flax embroidery thread Technique: embroidered on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 268 × 247.5 cm (8 ft. 9 1/2 in. × 8 ft. 1 7/16 in.)