
- Fragment of Embroidery
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Fragment of Embroidery
- Place of origin:
England (probably, made)
- Date:
1160-1190 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Plain-woven purple silk embroidered with silver-gilt thread in underside couching and stem stitch.
- Museum number:
T.60-1911
- Gallery location:
In Storage
This object is made up of two panels of embroidered plain-woven purple silk, cut down from a larger piece into two smaller panels and crudely joined with a blue wool thread along one edge. The original function of the precious textile is unknown, but it may have been a liturgical vestment. At a later stage, the piece was lined with plain-woven linen. The embroidery is worked in a fragmented circle and lozenge decorated with foliate crosses and scrollwork. At some later stage, the embroidery fragments were assembled into a seal bag, now opened to lie flat.