EditorialPortion of a Bed Sheet or Valance, 1500s - 1600s. Greece, Sporades Islands, Skyros, 16th-17th century. Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground; overall: 54.6 x 42 cm (21 1/2 x 16 9/16 in.).
EditorialUlysse reconnaissant Achille (d?guis? en femme) parmi les filles de Lycom?de. Achilles (disguised as woman) discovered by Ulysses among the daughters of Lykomedes at Skyros, where his mother Thetis hid him to prevent him from joining the Greek heroes...