Linen border, 17th century, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Art of Africa and the AmericasA border of
Linen border, 17th century, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Art of Africa and the AmericasA border of linen embroidered with red silk background upon which birds fronting vases with plants (probably so-called tree of life) small animals and other fomrs are outlined in brown sillk (which may have originally have been blue stitches. Two outer narrow borders with leafy ornato. Design is evidently a repeated one, of which this specimen is half.Size: 5 ¾ x 11 ¼ in. (14.6 x 28.6 cm)Medium: Linen, silk; needleworkhttps://collections.artsmia.org/art/13473/ -- source link
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