Production: Unknown
Linen pillowcase emboidered with polychrome silks in red, blue and green in darning stitch. The ground is covered by a red lozenge shaped diaper, with a smaller lozenge in each compartment in a contrasting colour. A narrow toothed border runs all around the pillowcase.
Given by George de Menasce
Length: 19.3/4 in
Width: 19.1/2 in
Method of acquisition: Given (1947-10) by de Menasce, George
18th Century
Circa
1701
CE
-
Circa
1801
CE
Weaving
: Linen pillowcase emboidered with polychrome silks in red, blue and green in darning stitch. The ground is covered by a red lozenge shaped diaper, with a smaller lozenge in each compartment in a contrasting colour. A narrow toothed border runs all around the pillowcase.
Embroidering
Accession number: T.10-1947
Primary reference Number: 110396
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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