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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1701 - circa 1801; Classification(s): embroidery, panel from a bedcurtain (x2), weaving, Embroidered in darning and satin stitch. Stepped lines of alternating, paired, broad leaves and branches, which are decorated with single and paired birds and strange animal variously described as a dragon, a griffon or the "Patmos dog". The bottom of an embroidered gable is visible at the top of the panels.; Acquisition: given by de Menasce, George, 1946, given by George de Menasce [T.41-1946]
Description: Two linen panels from a bedcurtain embroidered in polychrome silks. | 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: | panel from a bedcurtain (x2) 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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