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Panel

ca. 1890 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Small square cover panel of white calico cotton embroidered in white floss-silk in satin-stitch and open drawn-work. In the centre is a square of large-mesh drawn-thread work. Above and below are two long bands, and on either side are two shorter bands of satin-stitch diamond motive, each band running between two lines of the same stitch work, on a ground of small-mesh drawn-thread openwork.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Calico cotton embroidered in floss-silk
Brief description
Square cover panel of calico cotton embroidered in floss-silk; Kandahar, ca.1890
Physical description
Small square cover panel of white calico cotton embroidered in white floss-silk in satin-stitch and open drawn-work. In the centre is a square of large-mesh drawn-thread work. Above and below are two long bands, and on either side are two shorter bands of satin-stitch diamond motive, each band running between two lines of the same stitch work, on a ground of small-mesh drawn-thread openwork.
Dimensions
  • Length: 6.25in
  • Width: 6.25in
Credit line
Purchased from Mrs Kate Daly
Object history
Purchased from Mrs Kate Daly. Register entry 28 March 1922.
Other number
RP 1922/1838 - RF number
Collection
Accession number
IM.26-1922

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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