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Description: | white, black and red cottons, embroidered with wavy bands, flowers, 'crows feet' etc in coloured cottons and mirror glass ('Shisha work'), square; unevenly folded to make envelope-shaped bag; centre of square of white cotton with mirror glass held in with black stitches inside ring of crossed undulations in orange chain-stitch between maroon rings, 6 triangular petals of mirror glass inside stitches in maroon, green or orange with 'crow's feet' in purple, orange or green, ring of undulations as above between black rings; petals of 9 triangles of mirror glass inside stitches in maroon, green or purple, black outlines; maroon or black 'crow's feet' between; inside square of red and green running-stitch with mirror glass with maroon stitches in corners; red and green zig-zags with spiked motifs at points; crossed undulations of red filled with purple or green between black lines; red band with flowerheads of mirror glass with green stitches and 4 triangular petals in green and yellow or white, alternate with pointed petals in yellow or white, between flowerheads chain and herringbone-stitch birds in green, orange and white with some purple; narrow band of crossed undulations in red with mauve and red fillings on black, crossed undulations in red enclosing orange or green close herringbone-stitch, white crossed undulations on top; outer border in white with triangles of net-work in threes in white thread; inside triangles of red chain-stitch, forming a lozenge at apex of each triangle with fillings of close herringbone-stitch; band of crossed undulations in faded orange with fillings in green or mauve between dark green lines; edges sewn together in blanket-stitch of red and green threads twisted together; tufts of floss-silk at bottom corners and centre
lining: purple cotton, rest-dyed with flowers in red,
Accession number: NCM 1989-156 | Subjects: | needlework foreign costume and textiles carried accessories | Temporal: | 1920-1960 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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