Canvas embroidered with coloured silks (blues and cream) and silver metallic thread in tent stitch. Cloud pattern ground with three bats on each side. Case partially lined with blue satin and stiffened with thin board. Faded red flat silk cord with two knotted gold metallic thread beads.
History note: Col. Leonard C. Messel, the countess of Rosse, his daughter
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Maximum Length: 31.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1985-01-28) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
19th Century
Circa
1800
CE
-
Circa
1899
CE
Partial Lining composed of satin ( blue)
silver, gold
Metal thread
Board
Silk
Canvas
Accession number: T.5-1985
Primary reference Number: 118094
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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