Sewing Case
1700-1750 (made)
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Sewing case of silk embroidered canvas, in three parts. The case opens to reveal two embroidered canvas pockets lined with pink silk. The case is bound with pink silk. The inside pickets show two panels of embroidery. One shows a design in Florentine stitches of diamond motifs in pinks, blues, golds, browns and black. The other, which is worked in eyelet stitch, has a repeating design of strawberries in pinks and green on a white ground.
The outside case is worked in cross-stitch and shows a repeating design of overlapping fan-shaped motifs in pinks, greens, blues, purples, browns and yellows, all outlined in black.
Under the front flap of the sewing case is sewn ‘Mary Fox’ and ‘Falmouth’ in orange silk on white silk.
The outside case is worked in cross-stitch and shows a repeating design of overlapping fan-shaped motifs in pinks, greens, blues, purples, browns and yellows, all outlined in black.
Under the front flap of the sewing case is sewn ‘Mary Fox’ and ‘Falmouth’ in orange silk on white silk.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk embroidered canvas lined with silk |
| Brief description | Sewing case of silk embroidered canvas, England, 1700-1750 |
| Physical description | Sewing case of silk embroidered canvas, in three parts. The case opens to reveal two embroidered canvas pockets lined with pink silk. The case is bound with pink silk. The inside pickets show two panels of embroidery. One shows a design in Florentine stitches of diamond motifs in pinks, blues, golds, browns and black. The other, which is worked in eyelet stitch, has a repeating design of strawberries in pinks and green on a white ground. The outside case is worked in cross-stitch and shows a repeating design of overlapping fan-shaped motifs in pinks, greens, blues, purples, browns and yellows, all outlined in black. Under the front flap of the sewing case is sewn ‘Mary Fox’ and ‘Falmouth’ in orange silk on white silk. |
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| Accession number | T.282-1984 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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