Valence
date: label: Date
content: 18th–19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two widths of linen sewn to a red and green striped silk ribbon, embroidered in red and green silk cross stitch. Lower width: large units of Glastra pattern in a row, set vertically, border of oblique leaves on all four sides. Upper width: in a much smaller cross stitch, a row of small pots set on their sides, bordered on four sides by small angular oblique leaves.
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: 1955-133-13
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Valence
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 115 x 286 cm (45 1/4 in. x 9 ft. 4 5/8 in.)