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pillow border of fine tan canvas embroidered with a design of conventionalized flowers (pinks) in satin, feather and chain stitch in red silk; the border is in two sections, the lower serving as a narrow border to the upper, the whole of which is sewed to a wider strip of coarse canvas

Pillow border, 19th century

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Panel, 18th century

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Panel, 19th century

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Towel scarf, loosely woven natural linen, four flower sprays embroidered at ends in pink, rust, raspberry, yellow and tan silks and gold threads. Narrow border in yellow silk and gold thread. Overcast ends. Two large yellow stains.

Towel, 17th-18th century

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border, linen, embroidered in red silk in a design of strips alternating with linen which at one time must have been covered with green silk, bits of which remain; the edges are finished with red braid, some of which has been torn off; there are several holes in the piece

Border, 19th century

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Strip of tan linen composed of two pieces joined horizontally. Embroidered in all-over lozenge stitch. The 2.5 inch border, of red and gold brocade in flower desing, is complete.

Panel, 18th century

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Long strip of tan linen embroidered in geometrical repeat designs with red silk in short flat stitch. Ends edged with narrow yellow and re braided braid, and sides with flat yellow, red and black braid sewn on by machine. Lined with coarse tan linen.

Panel, 17th-18th century

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Panel, 18th century

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Part of bed tent embroidered with red and green silk in darning stitch. The "Queen Pattern" in single units are set vertically one above the other. Alternating group of islands known as the Southern Sporades. Probably from the island of Cos. Wider at the bottom than at the top.

Bed tent, 18th century

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Panel, 17th century

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Border, linen, embroidered in yellow, green and red silks in a pattern of conventionalized flowers, trees and buds with grotesque figures of people at play or work. This is in two pieces, joined in the middle. The border, two inches wide, has a design of leaves and flowers.

Border, 18th century

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Towel fragment, 18th century

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