Valance (For a Bed)

Greece, Cyprus

18th century

Medium
Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in cross and long-armed-cross stitches; needlemade edging of Antwerp edge stitches and countered two-strand warp twining with extended warp fringe
Classification
Textile
Dimensions
220.5 × 58.4 cm (86 7/8 × 23 in.)
Culture
Cyprus
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, Textiles
Credit line
Gift of Burton Y. Berry
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

View at the Art Institute of Chicago