Pillow cover
Cooper Hewitt

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
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt

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