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Towel Border

1300s (made)

embroiderd linen, 1300s, German

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embroiderd linen, 1300s, German
Gallery label
(1863)
Original label:

LINEN CLOTH. Pattern of lozenge shape, partly embroidered in blue and white silk, partly openwork. German. 14th centy. 23 in. by 9 in.
Bought (Bock Colln.). 8636-'63.
(1888)
Mr. A.S. Cole's revised label text, 1888:

TOWEL of linen (part of), woven with an open continuous key pattern, between which are worked, with blue and white threads, in short stitch, versions of the gammadion or fylfot. German. 14th centy. 1 ft. 11 in. by 9 in.
Bought (Bock Colln).
8636-1863.

This is perhaps part of a covering for a table used in a vestry for ecclesiastical purposes.
Collection
Accession number
8636-1863

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