Cushion cover, 1590–1610, British, Linen worked with silk and metal thread, spangles; stem, back, plaited braid, knots, and detached buttonhole stitches, H. 8 7/8 x W. 13 3/8 inches (22.5 x 34 cm), Textiles-Embroidered, This small panel was probably intended to decorate a small cushion or pillow; these were used in large numbers in interior decoration of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Larger versions would have softened hard wooden seats; smaller examples were used as decoration on sideboards and dressing tables
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Cushion cover, 1590–1610, British, Linen worked, silk, metal thread, spangles, stem, back, plaited braid, knots, detached buttonhole stitches, H, 8 7/8 x W, 13 3/8 inches, 22.5 34 cm, Textiles-Embroidered, small, panel, intended, decorate, small cushion, pillow, large numbers, interior decoration, sixteenth, seventeenth centuries, Larger versions, softened hard, wooden, seats, smaller examples, decoration, sideboards, dressing tables
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