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Cushion cover

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Linen embroidered with silk and gilded silver thread; chain square double chain stem plaited braid and buttonhole stitches with buttonhole fillings laid and couched work
Rights: Public Domain
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Irwin Untermyer 1964
Title: Cushion cover
Description:
Linen embroidered with silk and gilded silver thread; chain square double chain stem plaited braid and buttonhole stitches with buttonhole fillings laid and couched work.

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