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Book Cover
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Front of book cover (burse) embroidered in "or nué" with arabesques incorporating hunting dogs, snakes and foliage. Braided tassles at four corners of front and two on back and toggle. Stiffened board backing covered in linen plain weave on which embroidery is done; green silk plain weave interior. Pieced together from parts of a larger textile.
Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Nettie G. Naumburg New York bequest; to Fogg Art Museum 1930
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Bequest of Nettie G. Naumburg
Title: Book Cover
Description:
Front of book cover (burse) embroidered in "or nué" with arabesques incorporating hunting dogs, snakes and foliage.
Braided tassles at four corners of front and two on back and toggle.
Stiffened board backing covered in linen plain weave on which embroidery is done; green silk plain weave interior.
Pieced together from parts of a larger textile.
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