Production: Unknown
Silk brocade, beige ground with small repeating geometric pattern. Large medallions with green yellow borders enclosing a dragon, between these small medallions with a green border enclosing a cockerel. Case partially lined with red satin and stiffened with thin board. Tops and edges bound with blue and cream woven ribbon, sewn-in end of similar brocade. Round yellow cord with two knotted beads of gold metallic thread.
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
Lining
composed of
board
Beads
composed of
gold metal thread
Partial Lining
composed of
satin
Accession number: T.25-1985
Primary reference Number: 118114
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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