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kerchief ends
before 1947
This item has been made up fro two kerchief ends sewn together to form a single piece of fabric. It is embroidered with border patterns composed of four isolated sprays of flowers in pots, set vertic...
purse
before 1947
This purse has been crocheted incorporating beadwork in a black and white zig zag pattern. The opening at the top would be secured by the drawstring, whilst the bottom is decorated with a fringe also...
fabric panel
Mid 19th century
Length of plain woven linen fabric with selvedges down each long side, hemmed along the base edge and small fringe/ fraying along the top edge. The embroidered design is work in repeating outlined row...
embroidered panel
Mid 19th century
Fragment of cotton fabric with an embroidered design composed to two vertical rows of stylised repeating floral motifs. The motifs are identical in each row but worked in different coloured silks. Sma...
napkin
late 19th Century
Napkin with cotton ground and an embroidered border along one end. The embroidered border design is composed of a stylised floral image which is repeated as a mirror design. A narrow line of embroide...
towel
Mid 19th Century
Towel made of cotton with silk embroidered and drawn thread fringed ends. The towel is woven as a single width with a combination of thick and thin weft threads, resulting in a striped appearance wit...
hand towel
17th century
This item is embroidered at each end with a border pattern composed of stylised flowers, foliate and leaf motifs. Stitch techniques used include double darning, satin stitch, fishbone stitch and doub...
hand towel
17th century
This item has been embroidered at both ends with a pair of sprays of flowers with curved and hooked stems, set horizontally. Double darning stitch, fishbone stitch, satin stitch and double running st...
hand towel
before 1947
This item is embroidered at both ends with a pair of rose sprays set horizontally. The embroidery is reversible and has been worked using a combination of double darning stitch, satin stitch and stem...
hand towel
17th-18th Century
This item is embroidered at both ends with a pair of sprays of flowers set horizontally. The sprays have buds on a curved stem, bent over a stylised flower motif with serrated leaves and a hooked ste...
napkin
late 18th Century
This item is embroidered at both ends with a border pattern composed of columns encircling pine trees, and stylised floral motifs. Architectural motifs were a common feature of Turkish embroidery dur...
napkin
late 18th Century
This piece is embroidered at both ends with flower and cypress tree motifs and kiosk forms. There is a second narrower border at the edge with a pattern of cypress trees and flowers. Celestial kiosk...