Linen border
A border of linen embroidered with red silk background upon which birds fronting vases with plants (probably so-called tree of life) small animals and other fomrs are outlined in brown sillk (which may have originally have been blue stitches. Two outer narrow borders with leafy ornato. Design is evidently a repeated one, of which this specimen is half.
- Date
- 17th century
- In our collection
- since December the 25th, 2008 up to now
- Dimensions
- 5 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (14.6 x 28.6 cm)
- Location
- Not on View
- Medium
- Linen, silk; needlework
- Price
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- Composition
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copper 3% zinc 50% oxygen 47%