Lapkin
1922 (woven)
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Lapkin of damask and jacquard woven cream linen with a central strip of crimson linen (14cm wide, vertical in weaving and horizontal in use) which is in damask with a centre roundel enclosing linear representations of a stag and hound with a foliage surround which forms two central bands ('Royal Scots Stag' design). Above is a coronet. Below the crimson strip are two pairs of stylised hounds which are confronted about a foliate oval frame and there is a space for the embroidered monogram of the owner. The selvedges remain unturned and the two remaining edges are hemmed by hand.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Jacquard woven linen damask |
| Brief description | Lapkin of damask and jacquard woven linen, designed by David Alexander Robertson and H. K. Milliken, woven by James Mathewson & Sons Ltd., Dunfermline, Scotland, 1922. |
| Physical description | Lapkin of damask and jacquard woven cream linen with a central strip of crimson linen (14cm wide, vertical in weaving and horizontal in use) which is in damask with a centre roundel enclosing linear representations of a stag and hound with a foliage surround which forms two central bands ('Royal Scots Stag' design). Above is a coronet. Below the crimson strip are two pairs of stylised hounds which are confronted about a foliate oval frame and there is a space for the embroidered monogram of the owner. 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.31-1972 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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