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Sleeve

Sleeve
19th century (made)
Place of origin

Linen fragment with three horizontal rows of flowering plants. Narrow floral border along lower edge. Braid of red silk on lower edge.

Colours: blue, green, red, mauve, purple, cream, blue-green.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSleeve
Materials and techniques
Stem stitch.
Brief description
Sleeve (fragment), linen embroidered, with silk, Greece (Attica), 1800s.
Physical description
Linen fragment with three horizontal rows of flowering plants. Narrow floral border along lower edge. Braid of red silk on lower edge.

Colours: blue, green, red, mauve, purple, cream, blue-green.
Dimensions
  • Length: 12in
  • Width: 9.25in
Measurements taken from historical records, have not been checked.
Credit line
Professor R.M. Dawkins
Object history
Recieved from Professor R.M. Dawkins of Abergale and Exeter College, Oxford alongside T.48-1950.

Register attributes the garment as "Turkish, 19th century".
Collection
Accession number
T.420-1950

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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