File:Borders (Greece), 19th century (CH 18402725).jpg
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[edit]English: Borders (Greece), 19th century
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English: Borders (Greece), 19th century |
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English: Two borders, probably from sleeve or bottom of dress, worked in silks in red, yellow, orange, white, and outlines of black. Design shows a stylized flower head, with heart-shaped leaves at the center and small leaf-shaped corner designs. Repeat about 3 inches wide, separated by a narrow border of completely stylized smaller flower-head. A bottom border of drawn work, made by whipping groups of threads in similar colors to embroidery, about 1/2 inch wide. |
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| Date | 19th century | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | silk embroidery on cotton foundation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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H x W (a): 17 x 96 cm (6 11/16 x 37 13/16 in.) H x W (b): 17 x 95 cm (6 11/16 x 37 3/8 in.) |
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1955-133-31-a,b |
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| Credit line | Gift of Provident Securities Company from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Crocker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | Catalog Photo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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