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Description
Four widths of a linen bed cover, embroidered with polychrome silks in darning, chain and running stitch.
The main border comprises vases of carnations alternating with large, stylized tulips and hyacinths flanking a branch. There is a smaller, outer band of a scrolling stem with a carnation, hyacinth and rose. Detached parrots and dogs form a loose, inner border. The corner motifs are flower filled ewers and parrots.
Legal notes
Bought from the Textile Company
Measurements and weight
Length: 241 cm
Width: 173 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1993-11-22)
by
The Textile Company
Dating
Late 18th or early 19th century
Circa
1780
CE
-
Circa
1820
CE
Note
The colours and design owe much to Ottoman embroideries but the figurative content is a local addition
Materials used in production
embroidery
Silk
ground
Linen
Techniques used in production
Weaving
: Four widths of a linen bed cover, embroidered with polychrome silks in darning, chain and running stitch. The main border comprises vases of carnations alternating with large, stylized tulips and hyacinths flanking a branch. There is a smaller, outer band of a scrolling stem with a carnation, hyacinth and rose. Detached parrots and dogs form a loose, inner border. The corner motifs are flower filled ewers and parrots.
Embroidering
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Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: T.4-1993
Primary reference Number: 110446
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Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 17 October 2017
Last processed: Sunday 21 March 2021
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
