Greece
Cushion Cover
18th Century
Linen plain weave with silk chain stitch and cross stitch embroidery, cotton crochet trim with straight stitch embroidery
19 1/2 x 44 1/2 inches (49.53 x 113.03 centimeters)
Gift of Kate Fowler Merle-Smith, 1974
1974.079.013
Vibrant green and red embroidery in a diagonal leaf pattern appears frequently on eighteenth and nineteenth century textiles from the Greek island of Rhodes. The size of this cover and the fact that it is embroidered over its whole surface suggest that it was used as a bolster cover on a bed, and that other cushions were not stacked on top of it.