Production: Unknown
Red silk damask embroidered with green silk in Pekinese stitch and couched gold and silver metallic thread. Ruyi symbol at top. Design of trailing stem, leaves, flowers, bat, peaches, Buddhist wheel (?); similar on both sides. Case partially lined with green silk damask, stiffened with thin board, edges and tops bound with blue and cream woven ribbon, sewn-in end of similar red damask with embroidered stylised flower head in couched gold and silver metal thread.
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 t he Fitzwilliam Museum
Maximum Length: 30 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1985-01-28) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
19th Century-20th Century#
Circa
1800
CE
-
Circa
1999
CE
Lining composed of board
gold, silver
Metal thread
red, green
Silk damask
Silk
Accession number: T.21-1985
Primary reference Number: 118110
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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