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Pillow Cover

1700s - 1800s

Greece, Cyclades Islands, Naxos, 18th-19th century

Medium
embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground
Measurements
Overall: 105.4 x 48.3 cm (41 1/2 x 19 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1234
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A vertically long linen textile features a dense silk embroidery of red, blue, green, and yellow. A diagonal grid of eight-pointed stars radiates across the beige ground, interspersed with elongated shapes containing yellow stylized motifs. Between these vibrant elements, square sections are filled with rows of fine black symbolic characters. Thin, multicolored striped bands border the top and bottom, framing the intricate, repeating geometric layout.

Pillow Cover

1700s - 1800s

Greece, Cyclades Islands, Naxos, 18th-19th century

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