IDENTIFIERS
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id:	110457
accession number:	T.12-1946

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 2 December 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The centre of the scarf has been sewn together to form a hood upon which is embroidered a large foliated madallion with on either side a conventional flower spray, followed by a band of white geometrical satin stitch, and at the edge a border of flowers and leaves.
object type: Linen headscarf embroidered with polychrome (blue, brown, green, pink, purple, red and yellow) silks in Algerian eye, double running, satin and tent stitch.
title:	Benîqa

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/110457





TECHNIQUES
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Linen headscarf embroidered with polychrome (blue, brown, green, pink, purple, red and yellow) silks in Algerian eye, double running, satin and tent stitch.  The centre of the scarf has been sewn together to form a hood upon which is embroidered a large foliated madallion with on either side a conventional flower spray, followed by a band of white geometrical satin stitch, and at the edge a border of flowers and leaves.
weaving
TECHNIQUES
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embroidering

CATEGORIES
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category: embroidery

DATING
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creation date:	1701 - 1801
creation date earliest:	1701
creation date latest:	1801
culture:	18th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: in
value: 9.1/2

dimension: Width
units: in
value: 7.1/2