mat or cushion cover
Physical Object
Identifier:
2017/07/19-362
Description
41 x 32 cm 16" x 12 ½" hand woven cotton base embroidered with cotton threads boardered with a re-purposed 6 cm x 159 cm 2 ½" x 65" strip made of 4 smaller pieces hand-stitched to a 29 x 20 cm 11 ½" x 8" embroidered panel. A piece of red braid is added on one long side of center part. It does not completely match the other side in size and may have been a mend. Corners are mitered and the extra fabric of the outer section is tucked in the back. soiled, faded, some threads missing
small label "13" removed, small label "Dorita E. Grant" removed;collected in Greece between 1910 and 1927 by Mary Ellen Palin "Nellie" while English governess to Lavria Averof
donated by her niece Dorita E. Grant 2017
Displayed in glass case A