Production: Unknown
Faded red satin embroidered with polychrome silks in satin, long and short and stem stitch; couched gilt metallic thread. Ruyi symbol at top. Tree peony (?), peacock on rocks on one side; water, grasses, flowers and two cockerels on other side. Sewn-in end of matching silk; side edges and tops bound with blue and cream woven ribbon. Case lined with blue silk. Flat yellow cord with two pink glass beads.
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: 29.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1985-01-28) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
19th Century
Circa
1800
CE
-
Circa
1899
CE
glass, pink
Beads
polychrome
Silk
yellow
Cord
Gilt metal thread
Satin
Accession number: T.15-1985
Primary reference Number: 118104
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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