Panel
CultureFilipino
Datemid-19th century
MediumPina embroidery (pineapple fiber)
DimensionsOverall: 24 × 23 1/2 inches (60.96 × 59.69 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number34-75/1
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DescriptionGround fabric: spaced tabby weave pina (pineapple fiber) cloth. Embroidery: cotton thread in padded satin, overcast and buttonhole stitches, flat long-and-short and stem stitches, and with pulled fabric work oversewn with decorative fillings. Unfinished panel worked along two sides and for a short distance along the other two sides with a scalloped edge. Within each scallop is a leafy spray. Flanking one worked edge is a vertical motif grasslike stems, leaves, and small flowers. Eight hollylike leaves. The scalloped edges have not been trimmed back to the embroidery.
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