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Cushion top: T.132-1938

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Unknown

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Description

Canvas, unbleached, worked with coloured silks in Florentine and tent stitches. Two horizontal rows of sprigs with cherry, carnation, vine and honeysuckle in one, and tulip, apple, iris in the other; with a bee, butterfly, two caterpillars, fly, frog, rabbit and snail in interspaces.

Legal notes

Longman Bequest

Measurements and weight

Length: 17.25 in
Width: 10.25 in

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs

Dating

17th Century#
Circa 1600 CE - Circa 1699 CE

School or Style

English

Materials used in production

Canvas

Identification numbers

Accession number: T.132-1938
Primary reference Number: 199202
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 12 June 2014 Updated: Thursday 5 October 2017 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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