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Altered pillow cover

Fringe with plain-weave and warp-twined heading, cloth band. Block-printed lining. Overall silk and cotton cross stitch embroidery on a cotton ground. Applied cotton fringe on the side and bottom edges. There is a red cotton print backing adhered with starch paste and basted at the edges. Design is created by six separate and similar squares joined together. Red and yellow dominate. Grey, yellow, tan, black, red and green, random sections of fringe. Two different fringed braids are present. Red and yellow.

Date
20th century
In our collection
since May the 3rd, 2009 up to now
Dimensions
25 x 27 1/2 in. (63.5 x 69.85 cm)
Location
Not on View
Medium
Silk, cotton; cross-stitch
Price
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Composition
zinc61%
oxygen30%
atium5%
cadmium4%