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Description: | white linen, embroidered mainly in double running and satin-stitch in coloured silks with human figures, animals and flowers; a 'band' sampler, narrow rectangle of linen, narrow hems at sides, selvedges at ends; embroidered with bands: 1: trellis in 2 shades of green with flowers growing from both sides of the top; figures ('boxers') in blue with red or fawn details, under green arches, flanking 3 ladies in farthingales with gigot sleeves and fans; 2: narrow band of birds and strawberries; 3: forest of yellow and green trees and shrubs, some with raised work flowers, dog with bone, in blue outline with red spots, squirrel, donkey, sheep, rabbit, unicorn, heraldic lion, griffin, stag, lioness. Lion and dragon heraldic supporters, double headed eagle, insects and birds around, archer in yellow outline with red breeches; 4: band of sloped crenellations, stylised leaves and flowers, in crimson with green raised work; 5 narrow band of acorns and red fleur-de-lys, crenellation with cable sides, enclosing 3 outline trees in green with raised work acorns, star shaped flowers, Tudor rose and pansies, 3 trees, row of inverted acorns and fleur-de-lys; 6: rows of acorns and roses, 4 blue figures carrying red standards, alternate with green stylised plant with blue flower, heraldic lion, squirrels, double headed eagle and birds, row of inverted acorns and roses; 7: row of pinks alternate with rose-hips, red and blue spotted crenellation enclosing stylised plants with pink roses, raised work acorns and raised work flowers in blue, row of inverted acorns and rose-hips; 8: pinks alternate with with squares of fancy scrolls, sloped crenellation of crossed undulations enclosing raised work flowers alternate with stems with pale blue and fawn acorns in raised work and satin-stitch, honeysuckle flower in centre, row of inverted pink and fancy scroll squares; 9: strawberries alternate with green flowers, red spotted green figures carrying strawberries, alternate with spotted red stags, rabbits, pinks, flies and frogs around; row of inverted stawberries and green flowers; 10: blue and green acorns alternate with pink strawberries, crenellations of pink and green cable enclosing carnations alternate with honeysuckle, carnations with basket-work and satin-stitch petals, raised work acorns, honeysuckle in red and blue basket-work, raised acorns, blue centred roses, row of inverted acrns and straberries,
Accession number: NCM 1981-202 | Subjects: | needlework | Temporal: | 1620-1640 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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