Valance
date: label: Date
content: early 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Multicolor embroidery showing St Catherine, St Barbara, the Cross, the face of Christ, the sacred monogram, the symbols of the Evangelists, and the figures of monks and nuns. With the exception of individual details the design is symmetrical on a vertical axis. Pattern is divided into three compartments by four vertical bands of embroidery; two of a scrolling vine, two of the faces of cherubs. The bottom and sides of the cloth are trimmed with a five-strand braid of yellow silk to which tassels of colored silk are attached every two inches.
place: label: made in
content: Italy or Germany
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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 Marco Grassi
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1978-157-1
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Valance
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metal wrapped silk on linen Technique: couching, long armed cross, cross, double running, stem, and satin stitches on a plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (without tassels): 48 x 306 cm (18 7/8 in. x 10 ft. 1/2 in.)