Rhodes Embroidery
Several rows of leaf pattern that are alternately rust and green and framed by a similar border. Worked in a raised Rhodian cross stitch on heavy linen. This valance was most likely a part of an assemblage of bed covering.
Circa: 18th Century
Origin: Rhodes, Greece
Material: silk on heavy linen
Condition: one edge partly missing, some ground is thin in spots, fair
Dimensions: 21" x 86"
Inventory number: TX3364
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