Pillow Cover

Greece, possibly Crete

textileneedlework (visual works)

Date

17th century

Medium

Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk in running stitches (pattern darning)

Dimensions

114.4 × 43.8 cm (45 × 17 1/4 in.); Repeat: 31.8 × 26.6 cm (12 1/2 × 10 1/2 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of Burton Y. Berry

Also notable

Works in the same vein

Three Cretan Women, Crete

Irving Penn American, 1917–2009

Stamnos (Mixing Jar)

Attributed to the Chicago Painter Greek; Athens