IDENTIFIERS
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id:	110446
accession number:	T.4-1993

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 17 October 2017

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The main border comprises vases of carnations alternating with large, stylized tulips and hyacinths flanking a branch.  There is a smaller, outer band of a scrolling stem with a carnation, hyacinth and rose.  Detached parrots and dogs form a loose, inner border.  The corner motifs are flower filled ewers and parrots.
object type: Four widths of a linen bed cover, embroidered with polychrome silks in darning, chain and running stitch.
title:	bed cover

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: Bought from the Textile Company

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110446





TECHNIQUES
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Four widths of a linen bed cover, embroidered with polychrome silks in darning, chain and running stitch.  The main border comprises vases of carnations alternating with large, stylized tulips and hyacinths flanking a branch.  There is a smaller, outer band of a scrolling stem with a carnation, hyacinth and rose.  Detached parrots and dogs form a loose, inner border.  The corner motifs are flower filled ewers and parrots.
weaving
TECHNIQUES
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embroidering

CATEGORIES
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category: embroidery

DATING
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creation date:	1780 - 1820
creation date earliest:	1780
creation date latest:	1820
culture:	18th Century, Late-19th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 241

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 173



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Embroideries from Epirus and the Greek islands
CITATIONS
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Embroideries from Epirus and the Greek islands
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