Letter Case
ca. 1830 (made)
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Letter case of embroidered silk. Pale green silk stiffened with card and lined with white taffeta. It contains two compartments and closes with a fold-over flap. All the edges are decorated with a fine ivory-coloured silk cord. The flat and front are embroidered with single floral sprays. On the back is a floral medallion containing the word 'souvenir'. The two inside surfaces are also worked with medallions containing sprays of flowers. It is finely embroidered with coloured silks in diagonal cross-stitch, stem, satin, long and short and split stitches with French knots.
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Materials and techniques | Embroidered silk with silks, card, lined with taffeta |
Brief description | Letter case of embroidered silk with silks, England, ca. 1830 |
Physical description | Letter case of embroidered silk. Pale green silk stiffened with card and lined with white taffeta. It contains two compartments and closes with a fold-over flap. All the edges are decorated with a fine ivory-coloured silk cord. The flat and front are embroidered with single floral sprays. On the back is a floral medallion containing the word 'souvenir'. The two inside surfaces are also worked with medallions containing sprays of flowers. It is finely embroidered with coloured silks in diagonal cross-stitch, stem, satin, long and short and split stitches with French knots. |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss Gertrude Weinberg |
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Accession number | T.56-1967 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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