Valance
date: label: Date
content: 18th–19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Wide valance of linen in two parts, joined horizontally by a narrow band of ribbon. Lower half is embroidered with horizontal rows of stylized leaves, almost square in form, alternately red and green, with borders of smaller leaves. The upper section has one border of the same leaf design.
place: label: made in
content: Dodecanese, Rhodes, Greece
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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: 1955-133-15
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Valance
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 96 x 135 cm (37 13/16 x 53 1/8 in.)