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

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: 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.

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.

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.

1876 / 1900, Balkan Peninsula

1876 / 1900, Balkan Peninsula

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