Table cover
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Oblong cover of cream-colored linen embroidred in colored silks and gold thread. Trimmed with a narrow silver lace edge. Corner designs of conventionalized flower sprays with rose or carnation as main flower. Center design of four similar flower sprays springing in cruciform arrangement from center, where a bird with spread wings and crest is seen in profile. If peacock, possibly a symbol of immortality. Border of conventionalized vine, small flowers and strawberries. Pattern arrangement and type of flowers suggest piece was made for liturgical use.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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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 Mary E. Dreier from the estate of Katherine S. Dreier
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1953-186-7
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Table cover
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen, silk, metallic thread (gold on silk core) Technique: satin, knot and couching stitch embroidery
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 68 x 100.2 cm (26 3/4 x 39 7/16 in.)