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Unknown Maker
Narrow border of linen embroidered in gold with a pattern of confronted lions on either side of a plant.
Credit: Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf
16th century
Medium: linen, silk, metal-wrapped silk, metal coils Technique: satin stitch embroidery for silk; couching stitch for metal-wrapped silk
1962-52-5
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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