Cushion Cover (Made from Woman's Dress)

England

elizabethantextileneedlework (visual works)

Date

Elizabethan period, 1575/1600

Medium

Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk yarns and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in Algerian eye, back, ceylon, chain, detached buttonhole, double running, plaited braid, running, square openwork and stem stitches; couching; woven wheels; lined with linen, plain weave

Dimensions

72.3 × 48.3 cm (28 1/2 × 19 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland

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