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A work made of cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk in armenian edge, back, buttonhole, cretan, cross, encroaching satin, satin, single satin, split, and stem stitches; couching.

Incomplete Valance (For the Bed)

19th century

Greece, Crete

Kríti

Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk in Armenian edge, back, buttonhole, Cretan, cross, encroaching satin, satin, single satin, split, and stem stitches; couching

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