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Panel

18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Panel from the door of a bed tent. This is the left hand panel of the door, with the embroidered pattern forming half an arch at the top. The ground is a cotton and linen mixture (probably) and the embroidery is worked with red, green, dark purple and cream silk. There is a geometric border in red edged with green along the lower edge and the right hand side of panel. The rest of the decoration is composed of pairs of red leaves alternating with green or purple V-shaped motifs of small, stylised flowers. The ground is scattered with small bird and animal motifs and there is a parrot at the very top.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Cotton and linen, embroidered with coloured silk threads
Brief description
Panel from the door of a bed tent, cotton and linen, embroidered with silk threads, Patmos, Greece, 18th century.
Physical description
Panel from the door of a bed tent. This is the left hand panel of the door, with the embroidered pattern forming half an arch at the top. The ground is a cotton and linen mixture (probably) and the embroidery is worked with red, green, dark purple and cream silk. There is a geometric border in red edged with green along the lower edge and the right hand side of panel. The rest of the decoration is composed of pairs of red leaves alternating with green or purple V-shaped motifs of small, stylised flowers. The ground is scattered with small bird and animal motifs and there is a parrot at the very top.
Dimensions
  • Length: 109in
  • Width: 15in
  • Length: 277cm
  • Width: 39cm
Credit line
Given anonymously
Object history
This panel was probably part of the Dawkins Gift and may have become separated from the other half of the door panel.

Registered File number 1995/826.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.366-1995

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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