IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110389 accession number: T.6-1947 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 10 December 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Embroidered with polychrome silks in satin and darning stitch. The panels are joined by needlewoven insertion stitch. The lower edge is finished with double hem and buttonhole stitch. Each wide vertical band of embroidery placed in the centre of each panel comprises lozenges, stylized branches, double-headed birds and single birds worked in a repeat pattern. The geometric element is in red, the figurative elements in alternating colours. A similar wide band is worked horizontally across the bottom of the curtain. The narrow side bands are of hooked lozonges in alternating colours. Toning tassels decorate the upper half of the curtain. object type: Linen panels from a bed curtain, four widths with one large patch. title: panels from a bed curtain LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: given by George de Menasce STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110389 TECHNIQUES ---------- Embroidered with polychrome silks in satin and darning stitch. The panels are joined by needlewoven insertion stitch. The lower edge is finished with double hem and buttonhole stitch. Each wide vertical band of embroidery placed in the centre of each panel comprises lozenges, stylized branches, double-headed birds and single birds worked in a repeat pattern. The geometric element is in red, the figurative elements in alternating colours. A similar wide band is worked horizontally across the bottom of the curtain. The narrow side bands are of hooked lozonges in alternating colours. Toning tassels decorate the upper half of the curtain. weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1601 - 1801 creation date earliest: 1601 creation date latest: 1801 culture: 17th Century-18th Century# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 318.5 dimension: Width units: cm value: 205.5 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Embroideries from Epirus and the Greek islands CITATIONS -------- Embroideries from Epirus and the Greek islands ---