IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 38659 accession number: T.6A & B-2001 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 17 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Two raised-work panels. Ivory satin-faced silk, embroidered with polychrome silk, silver and gilt-metal threads, and spangles. The silk is worked in split, satin, stem, French knots, ? for hair of the figures of Faith and Charity, possibly, and twisted or corded thread, laid and couched. The metal thread is laid and couched, padded, braided, interlaced, and used to secure spangles, also 'stretched' to make small trees (?) or floral bouquets. Faith, Hope, and Charity with their attributes. Faith and Hope are in the upper panel in roundels of metal thread. The remainder of the panel is worked with metal thread panels enclosing 'bouquets', and with symmetrically arrnaged flat silk embroidered flowers - tulips, daffodils, peony (?). the lower panel has a central roundel enclosing Charity, similar 'bouquet' panels, and flowers - daffodils, tulips, iris, strawberry, and peony (?). Mounted in a later glazed wood frame. title: two raised work panels in frame NOTES ----- type: history note value: Lieutenant Colonel Naomi Christy, London LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: bequeathed by Naomi Christy STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/38659 PEOPLE ------------------- Faith Charity SUBJECTS ------------------- flowers flowers CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery category: raised work DATING ------ creation date: 1670 - 1670 creation date earliest: 1670 creation date latest: 1670 culture: 17th Century, Late CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 40 dimension: Width units: cm value: 34