Skip to main content

Kerchief: T.97-1946

Object information

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Cotton, loosely woven, embroidered with polychrome silk and silver plate in darning and satin stitches. At each end a 1" deep border of a waved stem and leaves, and above three symmetrical sprays of leaves form a continuous 4.25" deep band.

Legal notes

Given by Geroge de Menasce

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1946-09-25) by de Menasce, George

Dating

19th Century
1800 - 1899

School or Style

Turkish

Materials used in production

Cotton
Silk
Metal thread

Techniques used in production

Embroidering

Identification numbers

Accession number: T.97-1946
Primary reference Number: 199909
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Thursday 13 November 2014 Updated: Tuesday 17 October 2017 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Kerchief" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/199909 Accessed: 2024-11-12 20:00:36

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/199909 |title=Kerchief |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-12 20:00:36|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-199909

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...