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England · c. 1600 · Linen(?), plain weave; embroidered with silk floss and gilt and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped thread in detached buttonhole, buttonhole filling, stem, chain, ladder, threaded back (Italian link), Holllie, and Ceylon variation stitches; plaited braid

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Subjects

plain weaving linen (material)needlework (visual works)embroidering braiding silk (textile)needlework - costume textile

Credit lineCoif. c. 1600. England. The Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by the Textile Society. CC0.

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