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Cover

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

Cotton embroidered in white cotton with satin, stem, and buttonhole stitches and cut and drawn-work. At each end is a broad border with a zig-zag band in cutwork, with plant forms worked bewteen. Along the sides is a narrow band of geometrical ornament.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
cotton, embroidered and cutwork
Brief description
Cotton embroidery on cotton with zig-zag cutwork band; Cyprus; 1700s.
Physical description
Cotton embroidered in white cotton with satin, stem, and buttonhole stitches and cut and drawn-work. At each end is a broad border with a zig-zag band in cutwork, with plant forms worked bewteen. Along the sides is a narrow band of geometrical ornament.
Dimensions
  • Without fringes length: 36in
  • Width: 16.75in
Credit line
Given by Mrs Lewis F. Day
Object history
Registered File no. 9901/1926. Bought in Cyprus in 1928.
Collection
Accession number
T.276-1929

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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