1940.119: Pillow
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1940.119
- People
-
Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Pillow
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- 19th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Greece, Crete
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/230680
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Wool embroidery on cotton
- Technique
- Embroidery
- Dimensions
- 54.6 x 28.6 x 3.8 cm (21 1/2 x 11 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Miss Frances Elizabeth Bowles, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1940
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Miss Frances Elizabeth Bowles
- Accession Year
- 1940
- Object Number
- 1940.119
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Twill woven cotton with decorative embroidered bands in point, blue and some green and cream; in wool satin stitch
Verification Level
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