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Pillow

1570-1599 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Silk embroidery on linen in pale green and red silk with double-running stitch. The pattern consists of rows of symmetrical floral devices arranged diagonally on the front. Similar devices form a border on the back. There is an edging of small round buttons, worked in chevron pattern.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk embroidery on linen with buttons
Brief description
Embroidered silk on linen; Italy; 1570-1599.
Physical description
Silk embroidery on linen in pale green and red silk with double-running stitch. The pattern consists of rows of symmetrical floral devices arranged diagonally on the front. Similar devices form a border on the back. There is an edging of small round buttons, worked in chevron pattern.
Dimensions
  • Length: 18in
  • Width: 11.25in
Credit line
Given by C.F. Bell, esq.
Object history
Given by C.F. Bell of the Dept. of Fine Art, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Displayed in Costume Court 1962-1979.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.33-1930

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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