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1800-1880 (made)
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Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in straight stitches, needleweaving and pulled thread work with cutwork; whitework
There is a needlewoven band either side of a border along each sides in which are two small cartouches of cutwork with needlewoven bars and stitches in the form of pinwheels. These cartouches are not symmetrically placed. The ground between is embroidered with pointed bands of geometric patterns which meet to form two triangles, one above the other. In each corner is a square of embroidery with small lozenges forming a grid. In the middle of the piece is an octagon of cutwork, needlewoven bars and pinwheels. This is edged with narrow borders of embroidery and needleweaving.
Note: cannot do needleweaving on the diagonal, so embroidery has been used along diagonal sides.
From the centre of each side are three inward pointing trees, the middle one in cutwork and the outer two in pulled thread work. From each corner there is a pointed diagonal band of embroidery and pulled thread within a very pointed corner unit of cutwork. All this creates an irregularly shaped field which is embroidered with lozenges to form a grid. There are two rolled hems.
Cotton thread: Z-spun
Embroidery Thread: white silk; 2S
There is a needlewoven band either side of a border along each sides in which are two small cartouches of cutwork with needlewoven bars and stitches in the form of pinwheels. These cartouches are not symmetrically placed. The ground between is embroidered with pointed bands of geometric patterns which meet to form two triangles, one above the other. In each corner is a square of embroidery with small lozenges forming a grid. In the middle of the piece is an octagon of cutwork, needlewoven bars and pinwheels. This is edged with narrow borders of embroidery and needleweaving.
Note: cannot do needleweaving on the diagonal, so embroidery has been used along diagonal sides.
From the centre of each side are three inward pointing trees, the middle one in cutwork and the outer two in pulled thread work. From each corner there is a pointed diagonal band of embroidery and pulled thread within a very pointed corner unit of cutwork. All this creates an irregularly shaped field which is embroidered with lozenges to form a grid. There are two rolled hems.
Cotton thread: Z-spun
Embroidery Thread: white silk; 2S
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, embroidering, cutwork, whitework |
| Brief description | woven silk, 1700s, Persian; Flowers |
| Physical description | Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in straight stitches, needleweaving and pulled thread work with cutwork; whitework There is a needlewoven band either side of a border along each sides in which are two small cartouches of cutwork with needlewoven bars and stitches in the form of pinwheels. These cartouches are not symmetrically placed. The ground between is embroidered with pointed bands of geometric patterns which meet to form two triangles, one above the other. In each corner is a square of embroidery with small lozenges forming a grid. In the middle of the piece is an octagon of cutwork, needlewoven bars and pinwheels. This is edged with narrow borders of embroidery and needleweaving. Note: cannot do needleweaving on the diagonal, so embroidery has been used along diagonal sides. From the centre of each side are three inward pointing trees, the middle one in cutwork and the outer two in pulled thread work. From each corner there is a pointed diagonal band of embroidery and pulled thread within a very pointed corner unit of cutwork. All this creates an irregularly shaped field which is embroidered with lozenges to form a grid. There are two rolled hems. Cotton thread: Z-spun Embroidery Thread: white silk; 2S |
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| Accession number | 34-1889 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2008 |
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