Ground: coarse white cotton or linen. Design: band of geometric ornament solidly worked in short laid stitches with brilliant red silk and black and orange wool, with a little tarnished metal thread; white ground visible along one edge, like 31.645, 31.646 and 31.648.

Fragment of border, including corner, made up of three pieces put together. Ground: coarse white cotton or linen. Design: solid band of conventionalized floral forms in laid stitches worked with brilliant, red orange, green, yellow and black silk. On each side a narrow band of drawn-work, outer edge finished with red and yellow button hole stitch.

Ground: coarse white cotton or linen. Design: three bands of conventionalized flowers, solidly worked in short laid stitches, like tent stitch, with brilliant red silk, and a little green blue and orange silk.

Two matching shaped embroidered insertions

Fragment, made up of two pieces, sewed together. Ground: coarse blue cotton or linen. Design: all-over conventionalized floral pattern almost covering ground worked in laid stitches with brilliant, red, yellow orange and white silk, strip of reddish orange and yellow drawn-work along two edges.

Ground: coarse white cotton or linen. Design: band of geometric ornament solidly worked in short laid stitches with brilliant red silk and black and orange wool, with a little tarnished metal; along one edge where white ground is visible some yellowish green wool used. Like 31.644, 31.646 and 31.648.

Ground: coarse white cotton or linen. Design: bands of conventionalized flowers solidly worked in short laid stitches, like tent stitch, with brilliant red silk and a little dark neutral blue, black and orange silk.

Ground: coarse white cotton or linen. Design: part of band of geometric ornament. Solidly worked in short laid stitches with brilliant red, and a little black and yellow silk.

Ground: coarse white cotton or linen. Design: band of geometric ornament solidly worked in short laid stitches, with brilliant red silk, and black and orange wool, with a little tarnished metal; some green wool used along one edge where white ground is visible like 31.644, 31.645, 31.646.

Ground: coarse white cotton or linen. Design: parts of bands of conventionalized flowers, solidly worked in short laid stitches, with brilliant red and orange and neutral green silk.

Ground: coarse white cotton or linen. Design: band of geometric ornament solidly worked with brilliant red silk, and a little black and orange silk.

Bag faces bearing lozenge and striped chevron motives in bright polychrome wool and cotton yarns. Condition very good.

Ground: coarse white cotton or linen. Design: band of geometric ornament. Solidly worked in short laid stitches, with brilliant red silk, and black and orange wool, with a little tarnished metal.

Ground: coarse white cotton or linen. Design: band of geometric ornament in short laid stitches solidly worked with brilliant red silk and black and orange wool; with a little tarnished metal thread; white ground visible along one edge, like 31.644, 31.645 and 31.648.

Serrated zig-zag and triangular motives in black and bright polychrome wool and cotton yarns. Condition very good.

Balkan Peninsula

Balkan Peninsula

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