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Silk satin quilted, stitched and embroidered cradle or children's bed cover
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Blanket for crib or child's bed, of silk in satin weave, quilted, stitched and embroidered with arabesques and a floral border in red and green silk. Model: rectangular. Filling of two, woven wool layers. Lining of plain silk in plain weave. Blind hem. Decoration: central field with two times a mirrored pattern of linear curls. The embroidery at the top is worked through the top layer of the wool filling. The lining of silk in plain weave is stitched with the lower wool middle layer in a typically Dutch pattern of 'shells'.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDeken voor wieg of kinderbed van zijde in satijnbinding, gewatteerd,doorgestikt en geborduurd. c. 1675 - c. 1700. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.