IDENTIFIERS
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id:	110436
accession number:	T.16-1950

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 2 December 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: 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.
object type: Linen skirt border embroidered in polychrome silks in buttonhole, Cretan feather, eyelet hole, satin and stem stitch.
title:	skirt border

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: given by George de Menasce

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110436





TECHNIQUES
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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.
weaving
TECHNIQUES
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embroidering

CATEGORIES
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category: embroidery

DATING
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creation date:	1701 - 1801
creation date earliest:	1701
creation date latest:	1801
culture:	18th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: in
value: 59