Pair of Pillow Biers
1600-20 (made)
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Pair of pillow biers of fine bleached linen, embroidered with black silk on one side. They are worked in half-ladder stitch and knots, in a pattern of stylised peascod plants with worms, butterflies and snails, and a border of coiling leafy stems. The edges are worked in buttonhole stitch and the seams joined with insertion stitches.
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Materials and techniques | Linen, silk; hand-woven, hand-embroidered, hand-sewn |
| Brief description | Pair of linen blackwork pillow biers, 1600-20, English;outlines of flowers and insects |
| Physical description | Pair of pillow biers of fine bleached linen, embroidered with black silk on one side. They are worked in half-ladder stitch and knots, in a pattern of stylised peascod plants with worms, butterflies and snails, and a border of coiling leafy stems. The edges are worked in buttonhole stitch and the seams joined with insertion stitches. |
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| Accession number | T.326&A-1980 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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