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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1701 - circa 1801; Classification(s): embroidery, bed curtain or cover, weaving, Three joined widths embroidered with red silk in darning stitch. The three widths of linen have been worked first and then carefully joined. The changing direction of the stitches within the repeat pattern of "leaf and star" gives variety to the monochrome embroidery.; Acquisition: given by de Menasce, George, 1946, given by George de Menasce [T.25-1946]
Description: Linen bed curtain or cover | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | bed curtain or cover Unknown embroidery | Temporal: | name=18th century; start=1701; end=1801 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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