Border
date: label: Date
content: 16th–17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Linen border with silk fringe on one long edge, completely covered with deflected element embroidery in yellow silk. The pattern areas are reserved in the linen ground fabric, along with one long rectangle reserved as if for an inscription. Paired confronted cherubs alternate with interlocking branches terminating in human heads at both ends. All motifs are outlined in green silk; black beads for eyes; red beads as centers of rosettes.
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 Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1896-1-101
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Border
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery, linen foundation, glass beads Technique: embroidered using double running and overcasting stitches with deflected element work on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 38.1 x 91.4 cm (15 x 36 in.)