Cover
19th century (made)
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Embroidered cotton cover made from four headscarves joined with lace insertions and trimmed with bobbin lace edging. Each scarf is a square of white cotton embroidered in one corner with a solid block of flowers and leaves in black silk. The embroidery extends down two sides. The opposite corner is undecorated, but there is a small black floral motif in the other two corners. The scarf would originally have been trimmed with the type of cotton bobbin lace which has been used to edge this cover. The four scarves, which are not identical in design, have been joined with a broad cotton insertion so that the embroidered corners form the centre of the cover.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered cotton in silks, with lace insertions and trimmed with bobbin lace |
| Brief description | Embroidered cotton cover made from four headscarves, Bohemia, 19th century |
| Physical description | Embroidered cotton cover made from four headscarves joined with lace insertions and trimmed with bobbin lace edging. Each scarf is a square of white cotton embroidered in one corner with a solid block of flowers and leaves in black silk. The embroidery extends down two sides. The opposite corner is undecorated, but there is a small black floral motif in the other two corners. The scarf would originally have been trimmed with the type of cotton bobbin lace which has been used to edge this cover. The four scarves, which are not identical in design, have been joined with a broad cotton insertion so that the embroidered corners form the centre of the cover. |
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| Object history | Purchased. Registered File number 1992/1753. Although the vendor thought this was a shroud from Transylvania, it is a cover made from four headscarves or shawls of the type worn by married women in the Pilsen region of western Bohemia, south-west of Prague. |
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| Accession number | T.283-1992 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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