Woodlands
Lapkin
1920s (woven)
1920s (woven)
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Lapkin of jacquard woven linen. With crimson bands (5.5 cms wide), and a border of cream linen damask with a pool of sprouting weeds, water-lilies and bulrushes over by dragonflies and butterflies with a pair of weeping willow branches over each side of the woodland scene. The selvedges remain unturned and the two remaining edges are hemmed by hand.
Object details
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| Title | Woodlands |
| Materials and techniques | Jacquard woven linen and linen damask |
| Brief description | Lapkin 'Woodlands' of jacquard woven linen and linen damask, woven by James Mathewson & Sons Ltd., Dunfermline, Scotland, 1920s. |
| Physical description | Lapkin of jacquard woven linen. With crimson bands (5.5 cms wide), and a border of cream linen damask with a pool of sprouting weeds, water-lilies and bulrushes over by dragonflies and butterflies with a pair of weeping willow branches over each side of the woodland scene. The selvedges remain unturned and the two remaining edges are hemmed by hand. |
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| Credit line | Given by the Dunfermline Museum |
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| Accession number | T.32-1972 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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