Production: Unknown
Pink silk damask embroidered with couched green silk and silver metallic thread. Ruyi symbol at top; trailing stem with leaves, flowers and peaches, bat and Buddhist wheel; both sides similar. Case lined with blue silk damask, stiffened with thin board, tops and edges bound with blue and cream woven ribbon; sewn-in end of similar pink damask. Flat green silk cord with two pink glass 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: 32.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1985-01-28) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
19th Century-20th Century#
Circa
1800
CE
-
Circa
1999
CE
Lining composed of board
glass, pink
Beads
pink
Silk damask
Silk
Silver metal thread
Accession number: T.23-1985
Primary reference Number: 118112
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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