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England

Pillow cover, c. 1620

Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk and silvered-metal coils in stem filling and tent stitches; laid work, couching and French knots; edged with silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, bobbin straight lace; backed with silk, plain weave; quilted
21.5 x 33.8 x 7.6 cm (8 1/2 x 13 1/4 x 3 in.)
Robert Allerton Endowment, 1994.9




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