Bedcover, Medium: silk, gilded paper on silk core, metallic thread Technique: embroidered on satin weave, Large bedcover of white satin embroidered in allover floral pattern in brilliant colored silks and metallic thread. Design, symmetrically arranged, shows curving vines, flowerheads both flat and in profile, around a large cental motif of a series of half circle and petal-shaped forms. Brilliant long tailed birds in foliage; a wide border of vine and flower design. The work is in long floating stitches of silk thread couched down with metal or silk; each element edged with gold thread

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Size: 3900px × 3480px
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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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