Border
1600-1625 (embroidered), 1650-1699 (altered)
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Border of 2 pieces of white silk satin, stitched together, and applied with motifs cut from (probably) a furnishing of linen blackwork. The motifs include trees, flowers, birds,animals such as lion, dog, stag, horse, insects, and human figures, such as a hunter and a bearded draped figure of a man. Also applied are blackwork borders in the shape of a zig-zagged ribbon. All the appliqués are outlined with couched white silk floss.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, linen; hand-woven, hand-embroidered, hand-sewn |
| Brief description | Border of ivory silk satin, 1650-99, English; applied with linen blackwork motifs, 1600-25 |
| Physical description | Border of 2 pieces of white silk satin, stitched together, and applied with motifs cut from (probably) a furnishing of linen blackwork. The motifs include trees, flowers, birds,animals such as lion, dog, stag, horse, insects, and human figures, such as a hunter and a bearded draped figure of a man. Also applied are blackwork borders in the shape of a zig-zagged ribbon. All the appliqués are outlined with couched white silk floss. |
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| Accession number | T.38-1956 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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