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A Tsevredes (an embroidered cover or scarf)
depicting cockerels with spread wings .
Silk and gold thread on fine cotton.
A unique embroidery.
Skyros with strong Turkish influence.
18th century.
Measurements:32 x 16 inches. 82cms x 41cms


 
  Lit
Roderick Taylor, Embroidery of the Greek Islands: Chapter Six,
'The Sporades', Interlink, New York 1998
 


 
   
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