CUSHION COVER
18th century
Medium
Imperial cushion cover, embroidered in white, blue, red & green on yellow & blue silk ground
Measurements
19"x19"
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1958
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
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The Picasso Century | Online tour
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Session three: HIV/AIDS Activism, Then and Now
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Session four: Landmark LGBTQ+ Exhibitions in Australia
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Salon et Lumière | A Telstra Creativity and Innovation Series presentation
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TIWI | Exhibition video tour
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Drop-by Drawing with Juan Ford | An archer
Explore the collection
Great dancing pair
Erich HECKEL
Pregnancy ensemble
(ENGLAND)
Top
COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer)
Cabinet
W. H. ROCKE & CO., Melbourne (manufacturer); John MATHER (decorator)
BROCADE
Two old men disputing
REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn
Writing cabinet
Rene DUBOIS
Frederick van Velthuysen and his wife, Josina
Thomas de KEYSER
Chair
Carlo BUGATTI
Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
Jusepe de RIBERA
Dress
STEPHEN SPROUSE, New York (fashion house); Stephen SPROUSE (designer)
Dress
JULIEN MACDONALD, London (fashion house); Julien MacDONALD (designer)
Dress
ENGLAND
PANEL
(TURKEY)
Clock garniture
MINTON, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer); Marc-Louis-Emmanuel SOLON (decorator)
Lace
(FRANCE)
Iris, platform sandals
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, London (fashion house); Sarah BURTON (designer)
Hat
COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer)
Textile
William MORRIS
Dress
ULYANA SERGEENKO, Russia (fashion house); Ulyana SERGEENKO (designer)
BROOCH
Anguish
August Friedrich Albrecht SCHENCK
Beach dress
FRANCE
FRAGMENT
Pietà
CHELSEA PORCELAIN FACTORY, London (manufacturer); Joseph WILLEMS (modeller)
PANEL
(TURKEY)
Pair of glass coolers
SAINT-CLOUD PORCELAIN FACTORY, Saint-Cloud (manufacturer)
Johann Friedrich Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, plaque
VOLKSTEDT PORCELAIN FACTORY, Volkstedt (manufacturer)
The grasshopper
Jules LEFEBVRE
The skittle players
David TENIERS II