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Pillow cover
17th century
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Solidly worked multicolored pillow cover with a conventionalized fruit and flower border that encloses a scene from the Parable of the Prodigal Son; scene depicted is his return to his family as destitute, desperate and begging to return as a servant.
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Details
- Title: Pillow cover
- Date Created: 17th century
- Location Created: England
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Medium: wool on linen, silk backing Technique: counted stitch embroidery
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