Long linen cushion cover, embroidered with polychrome silks in close herring-bone and stem stitch. The borders and corner motifs contain highly decorative floral sprays with small flowers and buds worked into the larger elements.
Given by George de Menasce
Length: 109.5 cm
Width: 49 cm
Method of acquisition: Given
(1947-06)
by
de Menasce, George
18th-early 19th century
Circa
1701
CE
-
Circa
1820
CE
The borders and corner motifs contain highly decorative floral sprays which are probably an adaptation of the complex Ottoman tulip, carnation, and hyacinth designs.
Weaving : Long linen cushion cover, embroidered with polychrome silks in close herring-bone and stem stitch. The borders and corner motifs contain highly decorative floral sprays with small flowers and buds worked into the larger elements.
Embroidering
Accession number: T.7-1947
Primary reference Number: 110393
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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