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date: label: Date
content: early 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Off-white linen band embroidered in off-white, yellow and beige silks, with needle lace edging on three sides. A design of addorsed centaurs with spears and sheilds shooting arrows at dragons standing on scrolling vines, is repeated along the length of the band.
place: label: made in
content: Portugal
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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 John Pierpont Morgan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1902-1-904
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Border
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in stem, outline, coral, chain, satin, buttonhole, herringbone and detached chain stitches on plain weave foundation Label: Linen embroidered with silk in stem, outline, coral, chain, satin, buttonhole, herringbone and detached chain stitches
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 17.8 x 95.9 cm (7 x 37 3/4 in.)