Coverlet with diamond-shapes containing medallions and protruding hooks

Details

• Title

  Coverlet with diamond-shapes containing medallions and protruding hooks

• Associated place

  Europe › Greece › South Aegean › Naxos › Naxos (place of creation)

• Date

  18th century (1701 - 1800)

• Material and technique

  cotton, embroidered with red silk

• Material index

  organic › vegetal › fibre › cotton;

  organic › animal › animal product › silk

• Technique index

  woven;

  needleworked › embroidered

• Object type

  furniture/furnishings › furnishing › canopy

• Dimensions

  226 x 96 cm (warp x weft)
  ground fabric 22 / 22 threads/cm (thread count)
  ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
  additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 cm (thread diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by John Buxton, 1978.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.114

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