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embroidered border
late 19th-mid 20th Century
This narrow length of fabric has been embroidered with a geometric pattern. The label attached reads "2nd border worked also in Lady Egerton's embroidery school after or during Turco-Greco war.". Th...
Embroidered border
late 19th-mid 20th Century
This item is a narrow length of fabric embroidered with geometric patterns, probably originally intended to form some kind of border. An original hand written label accompanies the item, which may or...
embroidered fragment
18th century
This item is a fragment of a border probably from a bed valance or pillow case. The embroidered pattern is composed of oblique detached leaves executed using alternating colours of red and green. Th...
scrapbook
Pesel, Louisa F (1947)
c.1903-1947
A scrapbook compiled by Louisa Pesel, possibly after her return from Athens in the first decade of the twentieth century, continuing up to her death in 1947. The album contains attached and loose item...
towel scarf
c. 1906
This item is embroidered at both ends with 25cm deep stylised carnation sprigs, symmetrically arranged on a central stem. The patterning techniques include double darning stitch, fishbone stitch and ...
border fragment
18th century
The embroidered pattern consists of oblique leaves placed side by side to produce two parallel border lines. Needlework holds the two separate pieces of base fabric together in the middle. The embro...
embroidered fragment
18th century
This item may have originally formed part of a skirt. The border pattern is composed of stylised carnations in vases, placed side by side, with pairs of birds perched in the leaves of alternate flowe...
fragment
18th century
This item may have originally formed part of a skirt. The border pattern is composed of stylised carnations in vases, placed side by side, with a border of floral scrolls at the bottom. It is worked...