Cushion Cover
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Cushion cover of heavy, hand-woven linen, dyed in indigo. Embroidered with red, white and buff silk in a geometric design of star and leaf forms. The motifs have saw-tooth edges, and contain smaller plant motifs reserved in blue linen.
place: label: made in
content: Thasos, 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: 1955-133-2
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Cushion Cover
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in counted running stitches on plain weave foundation Label: Silk embroidery on linen
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 50.8 x 41.9 cm (20 x 16 1/2 in.)