Fichu
1780s (made)
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| Place of origin |
White cotton fichu with whitework embroidery around the edge with a chain stitch design of interlinked drooping harebells with a Greek key pattern border.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Muslin with whitework embroidery |
| Brief description | Fichu of embroidered muslin, England, 1780s. |
| Physical description | White cotton fichu with whitework embroidery around the edge with a chain stitch design of interlinked drooping harebells with a Greek key pattern border. |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs H.E. Talbot |
| Object history | RF number is 1977/551. The fichu belonged to the Hon. Mrs. Alice Eleanora Edwardes (nee Brougham), a niece of Henry Brougham the Lord Chancellor, who was the great grandmother of the donor's husband. |
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| Accession number | T.285-1977 |
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| Record created | April 14, 2009 |
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