The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Complete Skirt Border

1700s

Greece, Crete, 18th century

embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground
Overall: 42.2 x 205.8 cm (16 5/8 x 81 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Chester C. Bolton 1940.359
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Above the repeating floral motifs stand six small, evenly spaced figures wearing crowns and carrying maces.
  • ?–1940
    Mrs. Chester C. [Frances Payne] Bolton [1885–1977], South Euclid, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1940–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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