IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 200147 accession number: T.133-1946 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Thursday 5 February 2015 updated: Tuesday 17 October 2017 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Cotton, terry weave with 16.25" at each end in twill weave. Embroidered with polychrome silk and chenille threads, gilt and silver plate and spangles in couching, double darning, running and satin stitches. Each end embroidered with two and a half repeats of a spray of flowers with vine like leaves, above a border of a continuous wavy acanthus leaf, with a spray of stylised flowers attached by bows of ribbon to each curve of the leaf. title: towel 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/200147 TECHNIQUES ---------- darning TECHNIQUES ---------- stitching TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering 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: 61.25 dimension: Width units: in value: 31.5