Bed cover (suzani)
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Bed cover or suzani in cream-colored cotton embroidered with colored silks and lined with warp-printed silk. Small red carnations fill the field, surrounded by a wide border of large, circular red flower heads and scrolling vines. Lined with two different warp print silks, a satin stripe and a ribbed silk with a figural design.
place: label: made in
content: Turkey
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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 Provident Securities Company from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Crocker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1955-133-18
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Bed cover (suzani)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in chain and Bokhara couching stitches on plain weave foundation Label: cotton, embroidered with silk in chain and Bokhara couching stitches
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 248.9 x 182.9 cm (98 x 72 in.)