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Greece, Crete

Incomplete Bed Valance, 19th century

Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk in Armenian edge, back, buttonhole, Cretan, cross, encroaching satin, satin, single satin, split, and stem stitches; couching
46 x 207.1 cm (18 1/8 x 81 1/8 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Allan T. Gilbert in memory of Helen Boyce, 1953.40




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