Production: Unknown
Blue satin embroidered with red and white silks and gold metallic thread in Pekinese stitch. Ruyi symbol at top. Symbol for 'long life' repeated six times on each side. Case partially lined with black satin; tops and edges bound with blue and cream ribbon itself bound with a narrow red and white piping along the inner edge. Sewn-in end of black satin. Flat yellow 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: 30.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1985-01-28) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
19th Century
Circa
1800
CE
-
Circa
1899
CE
blue
Satin
glass, pink
Beads
yellow
Cord
Silk
Gold metal thread
Accession number: T.26-1985
Primary reference Number: 118115
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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