Production: Unknown
Lilac silk damask embroidered with blue, green and cream silks in Pekinese and satin stitch; couched gold and silver metallic thread. On one side a vase, on the other rocks, both with trailing stems, leaves, flowers, two butterflies and a bat. Case lined with blue satin and stiffened with thin board; tops and edges bound with cream and blue woven ribbon. Sewn-in end of similar lilac damask. Flat green silk cord with two 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: 32.5 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 satin
glass
Beads
gold, silver
Metal thread
Silk
Silk damask
Accession number: T.24-1985
Primary reference Number: 118113
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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