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  • Pillow Cover (Italy), 16th century

    Oblong pillow cover of heavy cream-colored linen embroidered in red and cream silk, ornamented on four sides with small tassels of cream linen with a few threads of red and…

  • Pillow Cover, 17th century

    Solidly worked multicolored pillow cover with a conventionalized fruit and flower border that encloses a scene from the Parable of the Prodigal Son; scene depicted is his return to his…

  • Pillow Cover, 17th century

    Solidly worked multicolored pillow cover with a conventionalized fruit and flower border that encloses a scene from the Parable of the Prodigal Son; scene depicted is the time of his…

  • Pillow Cover (England), ca. 1570–73

    Cushion cover representing the expulsion of the prodigal son. Predominant colors are blue, rose and tan.

  • Pillow Cover (Philippines), 19th–20th century

    Panel of piña cloth with allover geometric appliqué pattern, repeated twice, one for the front of the cover, the other for the back of the cover.

  • Pillow Cover (Italy), 16th–17th century

    Small pillow cover backed with linen. The front shows a conventional wheel design and has narrow pointed lace at the edges.

  • Pillow Cover (Greece), 18th century

    Rectangle of embroidery with a large central lozenge surrounded by four incomplete lozenges, embroidered in red, white and yellow silks on a blue ground. Voided geometric forms resembling Arabic script.

  • Pillow Cover (Greece), 18th century

    Diagonal rows of lozenges with saw-toothed edges embroidered in red, white, buff and yellow silk on a blue ground.

  • Pillow Cover (England), 16th–early 17th century

    Oblong pillow cover of fine linen, embriodered in black silk. A design of scrolling stems and flowers originates in the center and flows, symmetrically left and right. Thin vine stems…

  • Pillow Cover (USA), 19th century

    Square of unbleached muslin with bold floral border and central sprigs stenciled in red, blue, green opaque paints.

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