(ITALY)
Border
(16th century)

Medium
linen, silk (embroidery)

Measurements
22.5 × 58.5 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1896

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
(Italy)

Accession Number
317-D2

Department
International Fashion and Textiles

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest

Physical description
A border of stylized floral and foliated branches tied with a central knot. Subsidiary borders at top and bottom of running stylized leaves and flowers. The design is worked in a type of half cross stitch in two directions; the outline is in stem which appears different when worked on an open weave.

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(ITALY)
Border
(16th century)