Linen skirt border embroidered in polychrome silks in buttonhole, Cretan feather, eyelet hole, satin and stem stitch.
The pattern is a frieze formed by units repeating in a completely irregular order: a two handled vase with carnations,two symmetrical sprays of carnations, one with long bodied birds and one with birds at its base. Below this is a border formed by a carnation flower flanked by confronting birds perched on serpents, alternating with repeats of a scrolling stem with flowers.
Given by George de Menasce
Length: 59 in
Method of acquisition: Given (1950-06-20) by de Menasce, George
18th Century
Circa
1701
CE
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Circa
1801
CE
Max Width 11.1/4 in
Weaving
: Linen skirt border embroidered in polychrome silks in buttonhole, Cretan feather, eyelet hole, satin and stem stitch. The pattern is a frieze formed by units repeating in a completely irregular order: a two handled vase with carnations,two symmetrical sprays of carnations, one with long bodied birds and one with birds at its base. Below this is a border formed by a carnation flower flanked by confronting birds perched on serpents, alternating with repeats of a scrolling stem with flowers.
Embroidering
Accession number: T.16-1950
Primary reference Number: 110436
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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