Pillow cover
date: label: Date
content: 16th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Oblong pillow cover of heavy cream-colored linen embroidered in red and cream silk, ornamented on four sides with small tassels of cream linen with a few threads of red and green silk. Fastened at one side with five pairs of trim linen cords. Design arranged in rows of stylized, detailed plant forms and geometric shapes. Elements staggered in parallel rows.
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: Purchase in memory of Mrs. Francke Huntington Bosworth
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1949-63-1
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Pillow cover
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk on linen Technique: counted running stitch embroidery
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 46 x 35 cm (18 1/8 x 13 3/4 in.)