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[One part of] Embroidery

English
18th century
Object Place: England

Medium/Technique Silk; embroidery
Credit Line Gift of Miss Catharine Peacock
Accession Number48.1096b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionFlower motifs cut away from background. Individual blossoms or sprigs, embroidered in polychrome silks on ribbed silk taffeta grounds. Stems, satin and knotted stitches. Some silks (blacks?) rotted out, leaving drawing visible on ground.