Linen curtain embroidered with polychrome (blue, white, green, pink, purple, red and yellow) silks in diagonally worked brick, double running, satin and hem stitch with additional needle weaving.
A vertical row of five large oval shapes runs down the middle of the curtain, each consisting of a conventional central, floral medallion with eight similar smaller ones arranged around it. The lowest of the oval shapes has four floral sprays which make the whole shape appear almost rectanguler. The interspaces between the ovals are filled with floral sprays. At both the top and bottom of the curtain there are borders of floral sprays. In addition above the bottom border there is a band of geometrical satin stitch embroidery.
Given by George de Menasce
Length: 9.1/2 in
Width: 16.1/2 in
Method of acquisition: Given (1946-09-26) by de Menasce, George
18th Century
Circa
1701
CE
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Circa
1801
CE
embroidery
Floss silk
ground
Linen
Weaving
: Linen curtain embroidered with polychrome (blue, white, green, pink, purple, red and yellow) silks in diagonally worked brick, double running, satin and hem stitch with additional needle weaving. A vertical row of five large oval shapes runs down the middle of the curtain, each consisting of a conventional central, floral medallion with eight similar smaller ones arranged around it. The lowest of the oval shapes has four floral sprays which make the whole shape appear almost rectanguler. The interspaces between the ovals are filled with floral sprays. At both the top and bottom of the curtain there are borders of floral sprays. In addition above the bottom border there is a band of geometrical satin stitch embroidery.
Embroidering
Accession number: T.13-1946
Primary reference Number: 110462
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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