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Unrecorded artistLate 16th century
- Attribution
- Italy
- Medium
- Bands of linen, plain weave; linen, plain weave; pulled thread work; embroidered with silk in back, four-sided, overcast, running, single faggot, and two-sided Italian cross stitches; and linen, plain weave; pulled thread work; embroidered with linen in Russian overcast and cloth stitches; edged with linen and silk, plain weave extended weft uncut fringe and silk, buttonhole loops and bullion picots
- Physical dimensions
- 99.1 × 208.9 cm (39 × 82 1/4 in.)
- Credit line
- Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment
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