Production: Unknown
Cover embroidered with brown, cream and red silks in cross, double running and hem stitch. All around the edge of the cover, the hem is covered with buttonhole stitch worked solidly in brown. Within this a border formed by repeats of cross-shapes is worked. Similar bands divide the cover into eight vertical sections each filled by a band of repeat patterns formed by a leaf and tendril on a red background
Bequeathed by Sir Robert Hyde Greg KCMG
Length: 24.1/2 in
Width: 19 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1954-01-20) by Greg, Robert Hyde, Sir
probably
Linen
red, brown, cream
Silk
Weaving
: Cover embroidered with brown, cream and red silks in cross, double running and hem stitch.
Embroidering
Accession number: T.31-1954
Primary reference Number: 117572
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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