Pillow cover

Museum number:
7-6626
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070006626
Alternate number:
1069 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.04
Description:
Table cover? Linen, silk, cotton lace, metal wrapped yarns. Plain weave, embroidered, bobbin lace, brocade lining. White ground, red, blue, yellow and green designs. Patchwork of strips joined by lace. Tree, geometric, floral? motives. 22 inches by 21 inches.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Henrietta F. Brewer
Collection place:
Rhodes, Dodecanese islands, Aegean Islands
Culture or time period:
European
Materials:
Linen (material) and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Pillowcases
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Dimensions:
width 21 inches and length 22 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Pillow cover, accession number 7-6626, described as Table cover? Linen, silk, cotton lace, metal wrapped yarns. Plain weave, embroidered, bobbin lace, brocade lining. White ground, red, blue, yellow and green designs. Patchwork of strips joined by lace. Tree, geometric, floral? motives. 22 inches by 21 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pillow cover, accession number 7-6626, described as Table cover? Linen, silk, cotton lace, metal wrapped yarns. Plain weave, embroidered, bobbin lace, brocade lining. White ground, red, blue, yellow and green designs. Patchwork of strips joined by lace. Tree, geometric, floral? motives. 22 inches by 21 inches.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pillow cover, accession number 7-6626, described as Table cover? Linen, silk, cotton lace, metal wrapped yarns. Plain weave, embroidered, bobbin lace, brocade lining. White ground, red, blue, yellow and green designs. Patchwork of strips joined by lace. Tree, geometric, floral? motives. 22 inches by 21 inches.

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