Cotton, very fine, embroidered with polychrome silks, silver and gold plate and wire in buttonhole, double running, drawn fabric and satin stitches. One side is the selvedge, the other a tiny rolled hem. At each end a 13" high rectangle is embroidered with a 0.5" deep band of geometrical satin stitch in gold, and above it six vignettes, landscape with buildings and stylised trees, one in each corner and two, one above the other, in the centre, combined into one large design by long sprays of leaves in gold.
Given by Mrs. Percy Newberry
Length: 93 in
Width: 11.75 in
Method of acquisition: Given (1939) by Newberry, Percy, Mrs
18th Century, Late-19th Century, Early#
Circa
1775
CE
-
Circa
1824
CE
ground
Cotton
polychrome embroidery
Silk
silver and gold plate and wire embroidery
Metal thread
Accession number: T.14-1939
Primary reference Number: 199783
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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