Pair of cream linen infant's sleeves, English

An image of Textiles. Pair of infant's sleeves. Cream-coloured linen decorated with stylized flowers and foliage worked in couched cream-coloured cord. The upper edge is bound with linen and the lower edge faced with linen. Linen, length, whole, 7.25 in, circa 1600-circa 1799. English.

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Textiles. Pair of infant's sleeves. Cream-coloured linen decorated with stylized flowers and foliage worked in couched cream-coloured cord. The upper edge is bound with linen and the lower edge faced with linen. Linen, length, whole, 7.25 in, circa 1600-circa 1799. English.

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Accession Number: T.23 & A-1981
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 409 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 86.40kB
Exposure time: 1/18
ISO Speed: 50
Captured: 2012:02:21 14:36:35

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17th Century 18th Century children clothes clothing couched couching cream embroidered embroidery English Fitz_AA floral flowers foliage foliate infants linen pair sleeve sleeves textile

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