Antique Greek Island Embroidered Bag: C19th Greece decorative textile Hand woven in beautifully soft

Hand woven in beautifully soft muted colours these carriage pillows or cushions are traditional Swedish folk art ‘Agedyna’

The silk embroidery is extremely well done and would have been worked by a professional workshop for export to Europe

loose threads small holes and an overall patina of age to whole piece

This textile would benefit from bring professionally cleaned by a textile conservator

made around 1900

Antique Greek Island Embroidered Bag: C19th Greece decorative textile Hand woven in beautifully softItem Details. A unique museum worthy traditionaly hand embroidered bag dating from the 19th century finely hand worked in silks and wools onto a hand woven linen ground. We believe the narrow embroidered strips that the bag has been made from were taken from earlier, possibly 18th century, traditional borders which have then been reworked into this bag. The elements within the embroidery echo those found in traditional Greek embroidery. The bag has