English cot cover with plants and sprays of flowers

An image of Textiles. Cot cover. The border, formed by a repeating freely designed floral spray, added with the lining, probably at a later date. Four rows of motifs, flowering plants alternating with mixed sprays of flowers. Background quilted in a vermicular design. Fine linen, with a 1.75" border of finer linen; lined and interlined. Worked with coloured silks in back, chain, French knots, satin and stem stitches. Length, whole, 36.75 in, width, whole, 24 in, circa 1700-circa 1724. English.

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Textiles. Cot cover. The border, formed by a repeating freely designed floral spray, added with the lining, probably at a later date. Four rows of motifs, flowering plants alternating with mixed sprays of flowers. Background quilted in a vermicular design. Fine linen, with a 1.75" border of finer linen; lined and interlined. Worked with coloured silks in back, chain, French knots, satin and stem stitches. Length, whole, 36.75 in, width, whole, 24 in, circa 1700-circa 1724. English.

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Accession Number: T.6-1940
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 673 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 160.87kB
Exposure time: 1/17
ISO Speed: 50
Captured: 2012:02:21 14:05:48

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18th Century back stitch chain stitch cot cover embroidered embroidery English Fitz_AA floral flowers French knots Georgian linen plants quilted satin stitch silk silks spray stem stitch stitches stitching textile vermicular

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