IDENTIFIERS
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id:	110400
accession number:	T.6-1948

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 20 December 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Linen skirt border embroidered with polychrome silks in Cretan feather, satin, fishbone, split stem, whipped stem and chain stitch with French knots.  Five widths of linen which were originally from the bottom of a traditional skirt or chemise.  The colour scheme changes from one end to the other, the dominant red gradually giving way to a palette of lighter greens, blues, yellows and creams.
title:	skirt border

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Given by George de Menasce

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110400





TECHNIQUES
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Linen skirt border embroidered with polychrome silks in Cretan feather, satin, fishbone, split stem, whipped stem and chain stitch with French knots.  Five widths of linen which were originally from the bottom of a traditional skirt or chemise.  The colour scheme changes from one end to the other, the dominant red gradually giving way to a palette of lighter greens, blues, yellows and creams.
weaving
TECHNIQUES
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embroidering

CATEGORIES
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category: embroidery

DATING
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creation date:	1701 - 1820
creation date earliest:	1701
creation date latest:	1820
culture:	18th Century-19th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 345.5

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 54.4



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Mediterranean Embroideries (working title)
title:	Embroideries from Epirus and the Greek islands
CITATIONS
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Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Embroideries from Epirus and the Greek islands
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