Not currently on display at the V&A

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1850-1899 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cambric with white cotton embroidery in eyelet and buttonhole stitches, with a scale pattern in three rows with detached 6-petalled blossoms in the interspaces. There are three narrow pleats along the top.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
White cotton embroidery on cambric
Brief description
Embroidered in white cotton on cambric; Switzerland; 1850-1899
Physical description
Cambric with white cotton embroidery in eyelet and buttonhole stitches, with a scale pattern in three rows with detached 6-petalled blossoms in the interspaces. There are three narrow pleats along the top.
Dimensions
  • Length: 6.375in
  • Greatest width: 4.75in
Object history
Registered File no. 1929/11398. Purchased.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.136-1930

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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