Complex technique of 'piecing' or 'patchwork', sometimes called 'inlaid' work. Wool, red, blue, cream and green; cut and inlaid to form a dense, repeat 'tile' pattern within rectangular borders. Chain stitch embroidery of stylised flowers and foliage in faded yellows, cream, purple and lilac. Borders defined by laid and couched cord.
Bequeathed by Mr. & Mrs. George Woodbridge through the American Friends of Cambridge
Length: 39.75 in
Width: 28 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1997-12-05) by Woodbridge, George, Mr & Mrs
19th Century
Circa
1800
CE
-
Circa
1899
CE
Accession number: T.21-1997
Primary reference Number: 197468
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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