Valance
date: label: Date
content: 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Panel of light yellow satin with polychrome silk embroidery. A fountain surmounted by a swag of red fabric is in the center, with a lion recumbent in a grotto below it. The fountain is flanked by fruit trees with owls in their branches, with climbing Tudor roses, and a man with a spotted dog reaching toward a branch. Small flowers are scattered over the background. Backed with tan linen.
place: label: made in
content: England
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1916-1-2-b
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Valance
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery on silk foundation, linen backing Technique: embroidered on satin foundation, backed with plain weave Label: silk satin embroidered with silk
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 73 × 197.5 cm (28 3/4 in. × 6 ft. 5 3/4 in.)