IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110422 accession number: T.31-1949 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 24 November 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: A small amount of silver thread, laid and couched is also employed in the embellishment of the gable. The red bands of the gable are made up of a repeated lozenge design containing what is probably a highly stylized animal motif. The minor, light blue gable band has an alternating leaf and branch pattern. Bolder, stylized leaf and branch motifs are worked along the centre line with symmetrically arranged parrots, eagles and various other birds, animals and figures, some perched on two boats. object type: Linen gable from a bed tent door embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, long-armed cross, darning, satin and double running stitch. title: gable from a bed tent door LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: given by Sir Augustus and Lady Daniel STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110422 TECHNIQUES ---------- Linen gable from a bed tent door embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, long-armed cross, darning, satin and double running stitch. A small amount of silver thread, laid and couched is also employed in the embellishment of the gable. The red bands of the gable are made up of a repeated lozenge design containing what is probably a highly stylized animal motif. The minor, light blue gable band has an alternating leaf and branch pattern. Bolder, stylized leaf and branch motifs are worked along the centre line with symmetrically arranged parrots, eagles and various other birds, animals and figures, some perched on two boats. weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1701 - 1801 creation date earliest: 1701 creation date latest: 1801 culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 62 dimension: Width units: cm value: 53.5 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Mediterranean Embroideries (working title) title: Embroideries from Epirus and the Greek islands CITATIONS -------- Embroideries from Epirus and the Greek islands ---