PIECE OF EMBROIDERY

CH1978.386

Brown woollen fabric embroidered in gold wire in elaborate pattern of cones and stylized trees. Flowers of pink and yellow silk. Gold fringe along one edge. Art Gallery label thought origin either Asia Minor or North India. Hand worked.

Department: 

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number: CH1978.386
Accession Date: 19 Sep 1978
Acquisition Year: 1897

Material

Wool/Textile0 - Whole
Silk/Textile
Wire/Metal

Measurement

length690mm
width360mm

 


 

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