Bed hanging. Linen, silk; cotton border and lining. Plain weave, embroidered; striped border in tablet weave. Natural ground, red and green designs. Floral or tree motives. Made from several older pieces. 82 inches by 48 inches.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Henrietta F. Brewer
Collection place:
Rhodes, Dodecanese islands, Aegean Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
GREEK IS.: Rhodes
Culture or time period:
European
Materials:
Linen (material) and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)