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Pillow cover
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Pillow cover

1600–1650 · Medium: linen foundation, silk, metallic thread, mica, glass chips and beads, pearls Technique: silk embroidered on plain weave using tent stitch and tent stitch with cut loops over padding; metal thread embroidery using slanted running stitch with diagonal alternating from row to row, couching and detached interlooping stitches over padding

From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Credit linePillow cover. 1600–1650. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Given by Irwin Untermyer. CC0.

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