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Description: | ivory satin, embroidered in satin-stitch with butterflies, flowers etc in silks in black and shades of blue and pink; Chinese export; 20th century frames, vertical rectangle; each panel is a mirror-image of the other; border of black line (mostly perished) with pointed oval flowers on stems between leaves, each of 2 lines,; centre with a butterflies, roses and birds, the motifs on one half are diagonally transposed with regard to the other half, except in the colours; flying bird with 2 long tail feathers; all finely worked; frames of half round beading painted brown, glazed,
Accession number: NCM 1984-350 | Subjects: | needlework | Temporal: | 1780-1800 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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