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  • Border (Greece), 19th century

    Embroidered hem cut from a woman’s chemise. Design looks like an abstract village. Primarily red with brown, beige, blue, yellow, green and white on natural. Entire piece has a curved…

  • Border (Greece)

    Narrow border, probably from a sleeve, embroidered in red, green, blue and yellow silks. The design is a series of squares, each about 2 inches, with a highly conventionalized winged…

  • Border (Greece (Islands)), 18th century

    Narrow strip cut from a bed curtain, with design of pairs of leaves in red, green, purple and grey on natural.

  • Border (Greece), 18th century

    Narrow band, possibly from a curtain, embroidered in a stylized vine and leaf design in two shades of red, two shades of green, and cream. The design is known as…

  • Borders (Greece), 19th century

    Two borders, probably from sleeve or bottom of dress, worked in silks in red, yellow, orange, white, and outlines of black. Design shows a stylized flower head, with heart-shaped leaves…

  • Dress (Greece), 19th century

    Long dress of heavy white cotton, straight sleeve, body flares slightly at hem as long, wedge-shaped pieces are sewn in from under arm to hem. Ornamented at the hem with…

  • 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.

  • Dress (Greece), late 19th–early 20th century

    Woman’s dress of heavy white cotton embroidered with wool at sleeve, front opening and hem, in rose and dark brownish-red. Highly stylized plant forms in square frame with hook-shaped extensions.…

  • Towel (Greece), late 18th–early 19th century

    Each end of a plain white towel embroidered with a large stylized floral ornament rising out of a small vase, in white silk, silk floss, and small, tarnished silver discs,…

  • Panel (Greece), 18th–19th century

    Curtain or cover of soft, loosely woven linen plain weave, embroidered in silk in rose, green, white and blue, now faded. Large design of a tulip, framed by a long…

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