Peasant's dress: T.8-1947

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Peasant's dress
Category: Greek Island Embroidery

Categories

Embroidery

Description

Peasant's dress in coarse, cream coloured, linen embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, half cross, double running, Romanian and woven insertion stitch. The skirt is made up of four widths of linen with a band of smocking upon the gathers of the front width. The bodice has a long and narrow, oblong neck opening with an embroidered border. Over the shoulder runs a border like that on the skirt.

Legal notes

Given by George de Menasce

Measurements and weight

Length: 133.4 cm

Place(s) associated

Nisyros ⪼ Dodecanese ⪼ Greece

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1947-06) by de Menasce, George

Dating

18th Century
Circa 1701 CE - Circa 1801 CE

Materials used in production

embroidery Silk
ground Linen

Techniques used in production

Weaving : Peasant's dress in coarse, cream coloured, linen embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, half cross, double running, Romanian and woven insertion stitch. The skirt is made up of four widths of linen with a band of smocking upon the gathers of the front width. The bodice has a long and narrow, oblong neck opening with an embroidered border. Over the shoulder runs a border like that on the skirt.
Embroidering

Identification numbers

Accession number: T.8-1947
Primary reference Number: 110394
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 15 September 2017

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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