IDENTIFIERS
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id:	110444
accession number:	T.27-1954

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Friday 6 October 2017

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The pattern is of a large cock perched upon a spray of stylized flowers, whilst more flowers sprout from the animals breast and tail.  The bebilla lace edging is composed of four triangles in each colour of the embroidery.
object type: Linen pillowcase embroidered in polychrome silks (black, brown, cream, green, pink, red, yellow and buff) in double darning, double running, fishbone and satin stitch. The edging is executed in bebilla stitch.
title:	pillowcase

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: bequeathed by Sir Robert Hyde-Greg, KCMG

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110444





TECHNIQUES
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Linen pillowcase embroidered in polychrome silks (black, brown, cream, green, pink, red, yellow and buff) in double darning, double running, fishbone and satin stitch. The edging is executed in bebilla stitch.  The pattern is of a large cock perched upon a spray of stylized flowers, whilst more flowers sprout from the animals breast and tail.  The bebilla lace edging is composed of four triangles in each colour of the embroidery.
weaving
TECHNIQUES
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Bebilla lace
TECHNIQUES
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embroidering

CATEGORIES
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category: embroidery

DATING
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creation date:	1701 - 1820
creation date earliest:	1701
creation date latest:	1820
culture:	18th Century-19th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: in
value: 21.1/2