Cotton, with a 1.25" silk stripe at selvedges, embroidered with polychrome silk and gilt thread, in double darning
(worked diagonally on the threads of the ground giving the effect of cross stitch), double running, eyelet hole and satin stitches. At each end a 1.25" deep border of five horizontal bands of geometrical patterns, and above it a band formed by two repeats of a 7.75" deep rose spray with a 7.5" deep flowering plant based on a cypress tree between them.
Given by George de Menasce
Length: 56.5 in
Width: 20.5 in
Method of acquisition: Given (1946-09-25) by de Menasce, George
19th Century
Circa
1800
CE
-
Circa
1899
CE
Accession number: T.98-1946
Primary reference Number: 199910
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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