Muff
1700-1730 (made)
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Small cylindrical muff of red silk, lined with heavy linen canvas and embroidered with silver thread, strip and purl in laid and couched-work. It is partially worked over parchment strips and partially over padding threads. There are some decorative fillings and tufts of looped strip. The cuff has pairs of cuffs attached at either end. They are edged with a narrow, scalloped bobbin lace bit of silver thread. The back and back cuffs are of bright rose pink taffeta lined with coarse linen canvas. The central cylinder is lined with printed linen.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk embroidered with silver thread, worked over parchment and padding threads, with bobbin lace, lined with linen canvas and printed linen and backed with taffeta |
| Brief description | Muff of embroidered silk, England, 1700-1730. |
| Physical description | Small cylindrical muff of red silk, lined with heavy linen canvas and embroidered with silver thread, strip and purl in laid and couched-work. It is partially worked over parchment strips and partially over padding threads. There are some decorative fillings and tufts of looped strip. The cuff has pairs of cuffs attached at either end. They are edged with a narrow, scalloped bobbin lace bit of silver thread. The back and back cuffs are of bright rose pink taffeta lined with coarse linen canvas. The central cylinder is lined with printed linen. |
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| Accession number | T.228-1979 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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