Production: Unknown
Cream satin embroidered with polychrome silks in Pekinese stitch with a little satin stitch and Peking knots, and couched gilt metallic thread. Ruyi symbol at top; flowering branch and two birds one side; two flowering plants and two butterflies on other side. Case partially lined with faded red silk damask, stiffened with thin board. Side edges and tops bound with black and metallic thread woven ribbon. Flat yellow cord with two pink glass beads. Sewn-in end of black silk.
History note: Col. Leonard C. Messel, the Countess of Rosse, his daughter
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Maximum Length: 32.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1985-01-28) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
19th Century
Circa
1800
CE
-
Circa
1899
CE
Partial Lining
composed of
silk damask
( red)
Lining
composed of
board
cream
Satin
glass, pink
Beads
polychrome
Silk
yellow
Cord
Gilt metal thread
Accession number: T.13-1985
Primary reference Number: 118102
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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