EditorialPanel, Fragment of Bedsheet, 1700s. Greece, Sporades Islands, Skyros, 18th century. Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground; overall: 31.8 x 82.5 cm (12 1/2 x 32 1/2 in.).
EditorialPanel, Probably from a Skirt, 1800s. Greece, Sporades Islands, Skyros, 19th century. Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground; overall: 91.5 x 42 cm (36 x 16 9/16 in.).
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.).
EditorialEmbroidered Sash ("Uckur"), 19th century. Turkey or Greece, Sporades Islands, Skyros ?, 19th century. Embroidery: silk thread and brass strip hooked through and pressed flat on linen tabby ground; average: 158.8 x 20.4 cm (62 1/2 x 8 1/16 in.).
EditorialFragment of Pillow Cover or Panel of Bedspread, 1800s. Greece, Sporades Islands, Skyros, 19th century. Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground; overall: 47 x 40.4 cm (18 1/2 x 15 7/8 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...
EditorialAchilles discovered by Ulysses among the daughters of Lykomedes at Skyros, where his mother Thetis hid him to prevent him from joining the Greek heroes before Troy. From Pompeii. Inv.116085.