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Kerchief, cotton embroidered with silk in double running stitch variations and with metal thread in satin stitch and double running in a line, trimmed with a lace-like edging, Crete; Turkey, 1800-1875. Kerchief, cotton embroidered with silk in double runn

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Kerchief, cotton embroidered with silk in double running stitch variations and with metal thread in satin stitch and double running in a line, trimmed with a lace-like edging, Crete; Turkey, 1800-1875. Kerchief, cotton embroidered with silk in double running stitch variations and with metal thread in satin stitch and double running in a line. The kerchief is decorated with a narrow border along four sided with an additional diagonal floral motif in each corner. The border consists a house-like structure on a hill alternating with a large pink flower and a pair of cypress trees. The kerchief has been trimmed with a lace-like edging.  Cotton, embroidered with silk in double running stitch variations, and with metal thread in satin stitch and double running in a line.
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Title: Kerchief, cotton embroidered with silk in double running stitch variations and with metal thread in satin stitch and double running in a line, trimmed with a lace-like edging, Crete; Turkey, 1800-1875. Kerchief, cotton embroidered with silk in double runn
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Kerchief, cotton embroidered with silk in double running stitch variations and with metal thread in satin stitch and double running in a line, trimmed with a lace-like edging, Crete; Turkey, 1800-1875.
 Kerchief, cotton embroidered with silk in double running stitch variations and with metal thread in satin stitch and double running in a line.
The kerchief is decorated with a narrow border along four sided with an additional diagonal floral motif in each corner.
The border consists a house-like structure on a hill alternating with a large pink flower and a pair of cypress trees.
The kerchief has been trimmed with a lace-like edging.
  Cotton, embroidered with silk in double running stitch variations, and with metal thread in satin stitch and double running in a line.

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