Identifier
59.440
Transfer of custody
MFA Boston
Collection
Technique
Depiction
Dimension
56 cm (height)
45.5 cm (width)
Production time
Production place
Type of object

Description

Natural linen tabby-woven ground, embroidered with heavy floss silks in cross, running and binding stitches. Each face shows a border of two rows of alternating dark red and blue-green leaf forms set at an angle, with details of the opposite color. Red and green star or rosette in center. Narrow border lines of same colors; seams formed of openwork stitches. Linen stamped with mark on both faces. Stained and patched; some green silks replaced. Linen browned.