IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 186233 accession number: T.37-1942 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Thursday 2 February 2012 updated: Monday 12 May 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Cotton warp. Cotton weft. Wool pile. Single warp knot (?). One end flat weave. Sides oversewn yellow wool. Joined pieces forming 'half saddle-rug' shape; pieces unmatched. Ivory ground. Alternating repeat pattern of confronting birds, flower pot, smaller bird and tree motifs in yellow. Black wool for eyes and for incomplete linear border. Design reminiscent of Italian/Spanish silk patterns. title: saddle-rug LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Major R.G. and Colonel T.G. Gayer-Anderson STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/186233 TECHNIQUES ---------- woven CATEGORIES ------ category: textiles DATING ------ creation date: 1800 - 1899 creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1899 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: in value: 24 dimension: Width units: in value: 42.5