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Cushion

Cushion

1695

England

England

Front: silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk, gilt- and silvered-metal strips, wire, coil, spangles, pins, beads, and gilt- and silvered-metal-wire-wrapped silk in satin and stem stitches; laid work, couching, and padded couching; seed pearls; silk and linen tassels; Back: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave self-patterned by ground weft floats; embellished by silvered-metal pins and tacks; edged with silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk couched with silk threads

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