Embroidery fragment
Category
Costume
Date
1570 - 1599
Materials
Linen
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1348931
Summary
Embroidery fragment - Fine linen ground embroidered with polychorme untwisted silks, metal threads and sequins. Thick scrolling stems in ogee shapes, with rose, cornflowers, marigold and leaves within. Much piecing and added herringbone stitching.
Provenance
Given to National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade