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Cap Panel

19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Silk embroidery on linen in cross and tent stitches. The design consists of two square panels in red with eight-pointed stars in the centre and small leaves at corners in green, red, blue, and borwn. The panels are surrounded and connected by narrow bands of geometrical ornament. At the front is a strip of silver and yellow cotton braid laid on red woollen cloth.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk embroidery on linen, trimmed with silver braid on woollen cloth
Brief description
Silk embroidery on linen; Bosnia; 1800s.
Physical description
Silk embroidery on linen in cross and tent stitches. The design consists of two square panels in red with eight-pointed stars in the centre and small leaves at corners in green, red, blue, and borwn. The panels are surrounded and connected by narrow bands of geometrical ornament. At the front is a strip of silver and yellow cotton braid laid on red woollen cloth.
Dimensions
  • Length: 10.5in
  • Height: 7in
Credit line
Given by Mrs Lewis F. Day
Object history
Registered File no. 9901/1926.
Collection
Accession number
T.249-1929

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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