IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 199756 accession number: T.62-1946 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Thursday 21 August 2014 updated: Friday 24 November 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Cotton or linen, embroidered in polychrome silk, gilt and silver threads in double darning, double running, eyelet hole, open hem stitch, needle weaving, overcast and satin stitch. At each end three bands of embroidery - (a) needleweaving border in gilt thread; (b) includes the insciption "O beloved king, I have seen in your beauty four things clearly: one was the rose, one the hyacinth, one the narcissus, one the sweet basil: these four. With these associated, my son, remember four things: one regret; one separation; one absence; one parting"; (c) three sprays 5.5" deep of stylised tulips and hyacinth flowers. title: kerchief LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by George de Menasce STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/199756 CATEGORIES ------ category: textiles DATING ------ CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: in value: 54.25 dimension: Width units: in value: 20.75 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Mediterranean Embroideries (working title)