Skirt
Skirt
18th century (made)
18th century (made)
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Skirt, polychrome silk embroidery on linen and cotton. Cretan feather, satin, chain, stem and whipped stem stitches with French knots. Embroidery colours are cheifly blue, green, yellow, red and shades of reddish-brown. Frieze of alternating vases of flowers (carnations and others), one supporting a siren and the other a double-headed eagle. Floral pattern with scrolling stems, birds (possibly double-headed eagles) and small figures (possibly mermaids). Floral scroll border with birds. The skirt is gathered at the waist with a draw-string.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Skirt |
| Materials and techniques | Polychrome silk embroidery on linen and cotton. |
| Brief description | Skirt, polychrome silk embroidery on linen and cotton, Greece (Crete), 1700s. |
| Physical description | Skirt, polychrome silk embroidery on linen and cotton. Cretan feather, satin, chain, stem and whipped stem stitches with French knots. Embroidery colours are cheifly blue, green, yellow, red and shades of reddish-brown. Frieze of alternating vases of flowers (carnations and others), one supporting a siren and the other a double-headed eagle. Floral pattern with scrolling stems, birds (possibly double-headed eagles) and small figures (possibly mermaids). Floral scroll border with birds. The skirt is gathered at the waist with a draw-string. |
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| Object history | A skirt in the Benaki Museum is made up in this way and has short straps by which it was suspended form the shoulder, holding the gathered band not at the waist but above the bust. see Notes. [ill. Benaki booklet Pl. 3] (from the register) |
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| Accession number | 488-1903 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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