Cotton, embroidered with yellow silk and silver thread in buttonhole (for edging only), double running and pulled thread stitches. At each end a 4.75" deep border with an outside 0.75" band of a zig-zag stem and flower design. Within it threads of the ground drawn to form a square mesh and embroidered with yellow silk and decorated with seven rows of a small repeat pattern.
Given by George de Menasce
Length: 53.25 in
Width: 21.25 in
Method of acquisition: Given (1946-09-25) by de Menasce, George
Accession number: T.113-1946
Primary reference Number: 200066
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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