IDENTIFIERS
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id:	118135
accession number:	T.6-2004

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 17 October 2017

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Skirt; black silk pleated underskirt on a black cotton waistband.  The three skirt panels are edged with black satin-faced silk bands with light blue silk linear detail.  The skirt is embroidered with shades of blue, cream and pale green silk with some gilt metallic thread with repeat floral bands on the pleats, and flowers and butterflies on the main panel.  The silk threads include both floss and twisted types, and are worked in satin, straight, and knot stitches.  The metal thread is laid and couched.
title:	skirt

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Acquired by the donor's father, the Reverend Stanley Smith, wile he was a missionary in Korea from 1905-1915.


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 Mrs Christine Shawdon

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118135





TECHNIQUES
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Skirt; black silk pleated underskirt on a black cotton waistband.  The three skirt panels are edged with black satin-faced silk bands with light blue silk linear detail.  The skirt is embroidered with shades of blue, cream and pale green silk with some gilt metallic thread.  The silk threads include both floss and twisted types, and are worked in satin, straight, and knot stitches.  The metal thread is laid and couched.
weaving
TECHNIQUES
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laid and couched work
TECHNIQUES
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embroidering
TECHNIQUES
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edging

CATEGORIES
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category: costume

DATING
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creation date:	1870 - 1900
creation date earliest:	1870
creation date latest:	1900
culture:	19th Century, Late#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 95.5