England

Cushion Cover (Made from Woman's Dress)

Elizabethan period, 1575/1600

Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk yarns and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in Algerian eye, back, ceylon, chain, detached buttonhole, double running, plaited braid, running, square openwork and stem stitches; couching; woven wheels; lined with linen, plain weave

72.3 × 48.3 cm (28.5 × 19 in)