IDENTIFIERS
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id:	110454
accession number:	T.2-1949

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Friday 15 September 2017

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The ends are finished with a fringed braid which includes some silver metal thread.  The design is an arrangement of triangular decorative panels and symmetrically placed, detached motifs of carnations, Cypress trees and Maltese crosses.
object type: Cotton joined towel ends embroidered with polychrome (black, blue, turquoise, green, red, mauve and cream) silks in tent, double running and eyelet stitch.
title:	joined towel ends

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/110454





TECHNIQUES
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Cotton joined towel ends embroidered with polychrome (black, blue, turquoise, green, red, mauve and cream) silks in tent, double running and eyelet stitch.  The ends are finished with a fringed braid which includes some silver metal thread.  The design is an arrangement of triangular decorative panels and symmetrically placed, detached motifs of carnations, Cypress trees and Maltese crosses.
weaving
TECHNIQUES
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embroidering
TECHNIQUES
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braiding

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: 89

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 39



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
Mediterranean and Near Eastern Embroideries from the collection of Mrs F. H. Cook
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