Embroidery Fragment
1660-1680 (made)
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Fragment of embroidery made of pink silk satin, couched with silk cord and partially wrapped silver filé, parchment ‘leaves’ wrapped in pink silk floss and silk-wrapped purl, and embroidered with white and yellow silk floss. These are worked in French knots and satin stitch in a pattern of scrolling vines and flowers.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, silver, parchment; hand-woven, hand-embroidered |
| Brief description | 1660-80, French; Pink silk satin, embroidered with gimp |
| Physical description | Fragment of embroidery made of pink silk satin, couched with silk cord and partially wrapped silver filé, parchment ‘leaves’ wrapped in pink silk floss and silk-wrapped purl, and embroidered with white and yellow silk floss. These are worked in French knots and satin stitch in a pattern of scrolling vines and flowers. |
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| Accession number | 156A-1870 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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