Cream silk with a loosely woven white cotton backing embroidered with polychrome silk threads in laid and couched work with some stem and simple filling stitches. Two women using a pestle and mortar.
Given by Mrs. Alice Zeitlyn
Method of acquisition: Given (1990-07-23) by Zeitlyn, Alice
20th Century, Late#
Production date:
AD 1987
Whole Embroidery
Height 18.2 cm
Width 23.2 cm
Whole Picture
Height 28 cm
Width 3 cm
Cotton
Accession number: T.1-1990
Primary reference Number: 197391
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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