Skirt
Skirt
18th century (made)
18th century (made)
| Place of origin |
Silk and metal thread on silk. Colours: blue, salmon pink, green, light green, beige, silver and gilt thread.
Two rows of flowering plants set diagonally surrounded by small flower motifs and animals. Border on lower edge of leaves mainly in metal thread now very worn. Right hand panel same design on smaller scale.
Two rows of flowering plants set diagonally surrounded by small flower motifs and animals. Border on lower edge of leaves mainly in metal thread now very worn. Right hand panel same design on smaller scale.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Skirt |
| Materials and techniques | Stitches: ?darning, satin, double running, buttonhole. 2 panels joined by a strip of buttonholing (row incomplete on 3 sides) in salmon pink silk. |
| Brief description | Skirt (part), silk embroidered with silk and metal thread, Greece (Sporades, Skyros), 1700s. |
| Physical description | Silk and metal thread on silk. Colours: blue, salmon pink, green, light green, beige, silver and gilt thread. Two rows of flowering plants set diagonally surrounded by small flower motifs and animals. Border on lower edge of leaves mainly in metal thread now very worn. Right hand panel same design on smaller scale. |
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| Credit line | Prof R. M. Dawkins |
| Object history | Received from Prof R. M. Dawkins of Abergale and Exeter College, Oxford. A note in the register says: "this is a very unusual design, but the form of the small flowerets and the birds suggests Skyros.' |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.377-1950 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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