Linen, tabby weave, embroidered with polychrome crewel wools in French knots, long and short, satin and stem stitches, with couched and laid work.
Curtains - A tree with two main stems rising from a small green hillock. The tree bears leaves, flowers, and fruits, and flying among them or perched on the branches are phoenix and other fabulous birds. A 6" border has been added to the bottom of each curtain, the pattern formed by waved stems with leaves and flowers resembling those on the curtains themselves, and a band of semicircular scallops at the lower edge.
Bases - A 7" border embroidered in the same pattern as that on the border of the curtains has been seamed to a band of linen of coarser texture.
Valances - A band of scallops either side, the remainder of the ground covered with trailing stems, flowers and leaves like those on the curtains.
Given by Sir Bruce Ingram, O.B.E., M.C.
Curtains - 87" x 88"; 86.5" x 52"; 86" x 50" Bases - 14.5" x 73"; 14.5" x 73"-74"; 14.5" x 55" Valances - 145" x 75"-78"; 14.5" x 73.5"; 14.5" x 73"
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Method of acquisition: Given (1955) by Ingram, Sir Bruce
18th Century
Circa
1700
CE
-
Circa
1799
CE
Accession number: T.2A-G-1955
Primary reference Number: 199790
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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