Bed hanging

18th–19th century

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Three panels of heavy unbleached linen tabby sewn together and embroidered in red silk in typical Naxian large-scale pattern of 4-pointed stars filled in with long diamond or leaf shapes in form of cross, with small geometric ornament reserved in the solid embroidery.

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Title: Bed hanging
Date Created: 18th–19th century
Location Created: Cyclades or Naxos, Greece
Original Source: http://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/111530
Medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in counted running stitch on plain weave
Credit line: Gift of Provident Securities Company from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Crocker

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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