Eastern, or Old World
Embroidered Map
ca. 1800 (made)
ca. 1800 (made)
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Octagonal panel; white silk embroidered with festoons of ribbon bows, flower garlands and tassels, surrounding a pendant map of the "Eastern, or Old World" (showing Europe, Africa, Asia and the Russian Empire) worked in fine black silk against white, flanked with figures, the left depicting a black figure representing "Africa" wearing a turban with two lions; and on the right, a white woman (presumably "Europe") in a feathered headdress with a dog. Glazed and framed in an octagonal narrow wooden marquetry frame
Object details
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| Title | Eastern, or Old World (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | embroidered silk |
| Brief description | Embroidered map, ca. 1800, English; Eastern hemisphere. Framed in wood |
| Physical description | Octagonal panel; white silk embroidered with festoons of ribbon bows, flower garlands and tassels, surrounding a pendant map of the "Eastern, or Old World" (showing Europe, Africa, Asia and the Russian Empire) worked in fine black silk against white, flanked with figures, the left depicting a black figure representing "Africa" wearing a turban with two lions; and on the right, a white woman (presumably "Europe") in a feathered headdress with a dog. Glazed and framed in an octagonal narrow wooden marquetry frame |
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| Credit line | Given by Miss Margaret Maitland |
| Associated object | T.28A-1916 (Ensemble) |
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| Accession number | T.28-1916 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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