Skirt Border
18th century (made)
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Silk embroidery on linen in long-armed cross stitch and stem stitch. The colours are red and yellow-green. Along the bottom and up each seam to a depth of about 8 inches is a narrow meander border with leaves, surmounted by a row of peacocks. On the wing of each peacock and in front of each peacock is a small bird. Along the bottom is a vandyke stitch edging of plaited pillow lace, embroidered with yellow and green. Bands of the same lace run vertically between the sections, and are also embroidered in yellow and green. [Trimming at bottom and between seams called both 'crochet' and 'plaited pillow lace' in the Register.]
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk embroidery on linen with crochet lace trim |
| Brief description | Embroidered in silk on linen in red and yellow-green; Greek (Crete?); 1700s. |
| Physical description | Silk embroidery on linen in long-armed cross stitch and stem stitch. The colours are red and yellow-green. Along the bottom and up each seam to a depth of about 8 inches is a narrow meander border with leaves, surmounted by a row of peacocks. On the wing of each peacock and in front of each peacock is a small bird. Along the bottom is a vandyke stitch edging of plaited pillow lace, embroidered with yellow and green. Bands of the same lace run vertically between the sections, and are also embroidered in yellow and green. [Trimming at bottom and between seams called both 'crochet' and 'plaited pillow lace' in the Register.] |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs Lewis F. Day |
| Object history | Registered File no. 9901/1926. Historical significance: "The style of the embroidery compares to skirt borders such as 2063 -A-1876, while the peacocks resemble those on the skirt 2049-1876. The crochet border compares to that on 179-1893. All these pieces can be regarded as Cretan. It is, however, unusual to find decorated seams on a Cretan skirt." |
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| Accession number | T.215-1929 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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