Incomplete Valance (For the Bed)

Greece, Crete

textileneedlework (visual works)

Date

19th century

Medium

Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk in Armenian edge, back, buttonhole, Cretan, cross, encroaching satin, satin, single satin, split, and stem stitches; couching

Dimensions

46 × 207.1 cm (18 1/8 × 81 1/8 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Allan T. Gilbert in memory of Helen Boyce

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