Bed Cover
1691 (made)
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Polychrome silk embroidery in satin, long and short, and split stitches and French knots on oyster-white satin.
In the middle is a large phoenix, surrounded by detached groups and single figures, including St Luke (the Salutation?), men shooting birds, women with attendants carrying umbrellas, children playing or asleep, birds, animals, blossoming trees and floral sprays.
The corners have a more symmetrical arrangement of flowering stems. The deep borders (cut to fit a four-post bedstead) have similar patterns to the middle portion. There is a trimming of brown and white tasselled braid.
In the middle is a large phoenix, surrounded by detached groups and single figures, including St Luke (the Salutation?), men shooting birds, women with attendants carrying umbrellas, children playing or asleep, birds, animals, blossoming trees and floral sprays.
The corners have a more symmetrical arrangement of flowering stems. The deep borders (cut to fit a four-post bedstead) have similar patterns to the middle portion. There is a trimming of brown and white tasselled braid.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidery on satin |
| Brief description | Embroidered satin, signed Gillan Dolben; England; 1691. |
| Physical description | Polychrome silk embroidery in satin, long and short, and split stitches and French knots on oyster-white satin. In the middle is a large phoenix, surrounded by detached groups and single figures, including St Luke (the Salutation?), men shooting birds, women with attendants carrying umbrellas, children playing or asleep, birds, animals, blossoming trees and floral sprays. The corners have a more symmetrical arrangement of flowering stems. The deep borders (cut to fit a four-post bedstead) have similar patterns to the middle portion. There is a trimming of brown and white tasselled braid. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr Frank Green |
| Object history | Registered File no. 1930/7947. |
| Production | Register: "Probably English work but with Chino-Portuguese influence." |
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| Accession number | T.141-1930 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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