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Birds & fish on cotton
Birds & fish on cotton
Birds & fish on cotton
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentTextiles-Europe

Birds & fish on cotton

NameWall hanging
DateCirca 1925
Place made(Castellorizo), Megisti, Greece, Europe
Mediumcotton, silk
DimensionsOverall: 20 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (52 x 52 cm)
Credit LineGift of the family of Magdalene Paraskevas.
Object numberA.2006.54.2
DescriptionCream background with embroidery of a vase with initials ME, 2 branches with green leaves and red berries, two yellow birds perched on the branches. Muslin backing On border with "all cotton made in Japan"
Paper cut
ca.1937
Paper cut
ca.1937
Paper cut
ca.1937
Paper cut
ca.1937
Plate
Casa Maria Esclasans
early 19th century
Salero o tintero
Jose Luis Martin Nieto
late 16th, early 17th century
Paper cut
ca.1937
Thobe
Artist not recorded
ca. 1930s
Wycinanki
Artist not recorded
c. 1960
Paper cut
ca.1937