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date: label: Date
content: 16th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Small piece of deep cream linen embroidered in red silk showing a design of a highly stylized vine, symmetrically arranged to frame a figure of Amor with a bow and arrow facing a bird or wyvern. Tiny birds perch in the foliage and form a very narrow border above and below.
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: Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1949-64-8
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Band
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen, silk Technique: back and running stitches embroidered on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 29 x 90 cm (11 7/16 x 35 7/16 in.)