Scarf
1840-1860 (made)
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Part of a scarf, plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in satin stitch with couched metal thread with silk binding. Fine white cotton with a light blue silk binding along one edge. There are 3 offset bands of 6 isolated floral sprigs, all bending slightly to the left: there are gold serrated leaves at the bottom, a red and pink flower with a blue flower on light and dark green leaves to its right, another not-so-open red blossom and pendant bud and a curving spray of silver leaves. It is cut along the upper edge.
Metal Thread: silver and silver-gilt strip and silver strip Z-wound on a white silk core which is used to outline motifs.
Metal Thread: silver and silver-gilt strip and silver strip Z-wound on a white silk core which is used to outline motifs.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | cotton yarn, silk thread, metal thread, weaving, embroidering, sewing |
| Brief description | embroidered, 1840-1860s, Persian or Indian |
| Physical description | Part of a scarf, plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in satin stitch with couched metal thread with silk binding. Fine white cotton with a light blue silk binding along one edge. There are 3 offset bands of 6 isolated floral sprigs, all bending slightly to the left: there are gold serrated leaves at the bottom, a red and pink flower with a blue flower on light and dark green leaves to its right, another not-so-open red blossom and pendant bud and a curving spray of silver leaves. It is cut along the upper edge. Metal Thread: silver and silver-gilt strip and silver strip Z-wound on a white silk core which is used to outline motifs. |
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| Object history | Given by M. Gregorevitch, Commissioner for Russia at the Paris International Exhibition, 1867. Acquired as an 18th century textile. |
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| Accession number | 306-1867 |
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| Record created | June 3, 2008 |
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