Production: Unknown
Linen bed curtain with embroidered silk design
Up each side of the two widths is a 2" border of vertical Queen pattern. up the centre is a band of two rows of Queen pattern set base to base on hexagons, each containing two lozenges, alternating with diamonds, each containing a millsail & flanked by bent ribbons. A large Queen design with peacocks alternates with a small one without the birds.
Given by George de Menasce
Length: 40.1/4 in
Width: 38.1/2 in
Method of acquisition: Given (1946-09-25) by de Menasce, George
17th Century#
Circa
1601
CE
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Circa
1701
CE
Weaving
: Up each side of the two widths is a 2" border of vertical Queen pattern. up the centre is a band of two rows of Queen pattern set base to base on hexagons, each containing two lozenges, alternating with diamonds, each containing a millsail & flanked by bent ribbons. A large Queen design with peacocks alternates with a small one without the birds.
Embroidering
Accession number: T.23-1946
Primary reference Number: 110343
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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