Production: Unknown
Linen panel or cushion cover embroidered with polychrome silks in darning, back, chain, eyelet and satin stitch. The design includes figurative, floral and bird motifs and a lattice of stylized leaves.
Given by Sir Augustus and Lady Daniel
Length Front Left: 87 cm
Length Front Right: 87.5 cm
Width Bottom: 51.5 cm
Width Top: 50 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1949-06-25) by Augustus, Daniel, Sir & Lady
18th Century
Circa
1701
CE
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Circa
1801
CE
Whilst the figurative, floral and bird motifs are all characteristic of Skyros embroidery, the lattice is unusual although similar patterns are found on cushion borders usually attributed to the Northern Sporades. The leaf lattice also bears some resemblance to the style and arrangement of Naxos embroidery and it has been suggested that such patterns were brought to the Northern islands from the Cyclades, perhaps, through intermarriage, and were incorporated into the local repertoire as a subsidiary pattern.
Weaving
: Linen panel or cushion cover embroidered with polychrome silks in darning, back, chain, eyelet and satin stitch. The design includes figurative, floral and bird motifs and a lattice of stylized leaves.
Embroidering
Accession number: T.35-1949
Primary reference Number: 110426
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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