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Description: | A shallow, semi-spherical food cover made from dyed leaf. There is a bright pink outer layer and an undyed inner layer. The leaves are stitched together with red thread. There are zig-zag patterns in folded green-dyed leaf, just underneath the rim. The rim itself is strengthened possibly with cane and covered with white cotton. The top of the cover has a padded silk decoration, in green with gold edging on a pink background. Label: one small price tag, handwritten and printed.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 22.7.63/12
caption: General view of label of Horniman Museum object no 22.7.63/12 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | covers (food service) silk cotton synthetic material plant fibre thread cane metal thread pigment Food and Feasting | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-68401 | Go to resource |
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