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Table cover

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1825

GUSN

GUSN-42395

Description

Damask; white linen warp, blue cotton weft. Russeau landscape across center with banner above and medallion below. Deep border of classical figures and scrolls of leafy vines. Hemmed all around.

Details

Descriptive Terms

table carpets
table linens
cotton (textile)
damask
linen (material)
textiles
scrolls (motifs)
vines
Cotton
Linen
Damask
Classical Figure
Vine
Scroll
Landscape
Unidentified Textile
THROW, TABLE

Inscription

Woven in banner above central picture: [motto in Cyrillic alphabet] Woven at base of medallion below central picture: 1825 [word in Cyrillic, possibly month]

Additional Identification Number

C42

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

55 x 54 (HxW) (inches)

Accession Number

1933.6091

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