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Maker(s)
Production:
Unknown
Entities
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Panel
- Category: Greek Island Embroidery
Categories
Description
Two linen panels from a bedcurtain embroidered in polychrome silks.
Embroidered in darning and satin stitch. Stepped lines of alternating, paired, broad leaves and branches, which are decorated with single and paired birds and strange animal variously described as a dragon, a griffon or the "Patmos dog". The bottom of an embroidered gable is visible at the top of the panels.
Legal notes
Given by George de Menasce
Measurements and weight
Length: 205 cm
Width: 94 cm
Place(s) associated
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Patmos
⪼ Dodecanese
⪼ Greece
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1946-09-25)
by
de Menasce, George
Dating
18th Century
Circa
1701
CE
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Circa
1801
CE
Note
It is probable that a complete curtain would have been made up with four panels, sufficient to give privacy in a Patmos house, which traditionally have a partially partitioned sleeping area with a wooden screen.
Materials used in production
embroidery
Silk
ground
Linen
Techniques used in production
Weaving
: Embroidered in darning and satin stitch. Stepped lines of alternating, paired, broad leaves and branches, which are decorated with single and paired birds and strange animal variously described as a dragon, a griffon or the "Patmos dog". The bottom of an embroidered gable is visible at the top of the panels.
Embroidering
References and bibliographic entries
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: T.41-1946
Primary reference Number: 110368
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Friday 24 November 2023
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
