IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110446 accession number: T.4-1993 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 17 October 2017 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: 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. object type: Four widths of a linen bed cover, embroidered with polychrome silks in darning, chain and running stitch. title: bed cover LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Bought from the Textile Company STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110446 TECHNIQUES ---------- 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. weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1780 - 1820 creation date earliest: 1780 creation date latest: 1820 culture: 18th Century, Late-19th Century, Early# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 241 dimension: Width units: cm value: 173 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Embroideries from Epirus and the Greek islands CITATIONS -------- Embroideries from Epirus and the Greek islands ---