Cushion Cover
1880s (made)
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Embroidered cushion cover or panel in green silk plush velvet decorated with an applied border panel of 'Anglo-Indian' embroidery worked in silks. Embroidery of stylised floral patterns, typical of motifs seen on Paisley shawls, and is worked in silks over a painted 'turkey-red' cotton ground. Stitches used in the needlework are satin, herringbone, feather and stem with French knots in shades of red, green, pink, blue, yellow, purple and orange silks. The inner edge of the embroidered border has been trimmed with a bronze-coloured metal braid and there is evidence of stitching on the outer edge indicating that this was similarly trimmed.
The panel is lined with a green cotton sateen which has been unpicked along one side for use as a cushion cover although its original intended used is likely to have been a decorative panel.
The panel is lined with a green cotton sateen which has been unpicked along one side for use as a cushion cover although its original intended used is likely to have been a decorative panel.
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Materials and techniques | Embroidered silk plush velvet in silks over a painted cotton ground, trimmed with a metal braid, and lined with cotton sateen |
Brief description | Embroidered silk plush velvet cushion cover or panel, Great Britain, 1880s |
Physical description | Embroidered cushion cover or panel in green silk plush velvet decorated with an applied border panel of 'Anglo-Indian' embroidery worked in silks. Embroidery of stylised floral patterns, typical of motifs seen on Paisley shawls, and is worked in silks over a painted 'turkey-red' cotton ground. Stitches used in the needlework are satin, herringbone, feather and stem with French knots in shades of red, green, pink, blue, yellow, purple and orange silks. The inner edge of the embroidered border has been trimmed with a bronze-coloured metal braid and there is evidence of stitching on the outer edge indicating that this was similarly trimmed. The panel is lined with a green cotton sateen which has been unpicked along one side for use as a cushion cover although its original intended used is likely to have been a decorative panel. |
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Credit line | Given by Mrs Hilda A. Vant |
Production | Anglo-Indian |
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Accession number | T.168-1984 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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