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Cushion Cover

1700-1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Ionian (made)
Greece (made)

Embroidered pillow cover. Silk on linen; drawn thread work.
Colours: red, blue, yellow, green, brown, purple, white.
Stitches: split, stem, drawn thread work with whipped stitch, metal thread.
Design: large eight-pointed star, elongated hexagons on a ground scattered with double eagles and peacocks, and lions.


Object details

Categories
Embroidery
Folk Art
Textiles
Object type
Cushion cover
Materials and techniques
Silk and metal thread on linen; split, stem, dreawn thread work and whipped stitch.
Silk (Textile)
Linen
Metal Thread
Hand Embroidery
Brief description
Cushion cover, 18th century, Greek; Ionian islands. Embroidered silk on linen with drawn thread work
Physical description
Embroidered pillow cover. Silk on linen; drawn thread work.
Colours: red, blue, yellow, green, brown, purple, white.
Stitches: split, stem, drawn thread work with whipped stitch, metal thread.
Design: large eight-pointed star, elongated hexagons on a ground scattered with double eagles and peacocks, and lions.
Dimensions
  • Length: 45cm
  • Width: 45cm
Production typeUnique
Credit line
Given by Professor R. M. Dawkins
Subjects depicted
Eagle
Peacocks
Lions
Bibliographic references
  • Other examples are illustrated in Cook Collection nos 8 and 9, Benaki Booklet Pls. 21, 23, Johnstone Pls.11, 12.
  • Wace, A.J.B, William Matthew Trevor Lawrence, Catalogue of a Collection of Old Embroideries of the Greek Islands and Turkey, London: Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1914. 1
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.199-1950

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Record createdOctober 20, 2005
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O117776/cushion-cover-unknown/
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