IDENTIFIERS
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id:	197467
accession number:	T.19-1997

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Thursday 14 November 2013
updated:	Friday 13 October 2017

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Complex technique of 'piecing' or 'patchwork' sometimes called 'inlaid' work.   Wool;  blue, red and cream;  cut and 'inlaid' to form the dominant 'boteh' (pine cone) motif with a curvilinear frame including two cartouches in the top corners with embroidered Arabic inscription.   Also flowering stems and birds, much done in chain stitch with chief inlaid elements outlined with laid and couched cord.   Mounted on modern pinkish/yellow silk.
title:	Cover or hanging

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: Bequeathed by Mr. & Mrs. George Woodbridge through the American Friends of Cambridge

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/197467





TECHNIQUES
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embroidering

CATEGORIES
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category: textiles

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1899
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1899
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: in
value: 49.25

dimension: Width
units: in
value: 31.5