Cushion Cover of six strips of colored cotton and linen stitched together and backed on medium blue linen
- Title
- Cushion Cover of six strips of colored cotton and linen stitched together and backed on medium blue linen
- LC Subject
- textiles (visual works)
- Donor
- Stevens, Blanche Whittier
- Description
- Cushion Cover of six strips of colored cotton and linen stitched together and backed on medium blue linen; each panel is heavily worked with intricate embroidery in spiny lines that create a diamond pattern; each diamond has a tiny floral wheel within and tiny dots; panels in black, red, yellow, blue, pink and brown, each with multi-colored embroidery; Cushions were placed on the floor and used for sitting or reclining.
- Motif
- Intricate motifs in diamonds
- Work Type
- cushions
- Location
- Rhodes Island >> Province of Palawan >> Mimaropa >> Philippines
- Date
- 1701/1800
- Identifier
- 1952.007.020
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Cotton Linen
- Technique
- Embroidery
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- Purchased in Greece by Blanche W. Stevens. Cushions were placed on the floor and used for sitting or reclining. Record says this is a very old and unusually fine piece of work.
