Cot

Child’s cot in canvas, with hammock type suspension and decorative fringing. The canvas has a blue thread running through it. The cot is hand-sewn - the seams oversewn, the edges of the cot turned over and secured with running stitch. The ends are spread by wooden battens and the cot is suspended from cords worked in square sennit with steel eyes. The edges of the cot are decorated with a diamond-pattern fringe of half-knotted cord with ravelled ends. The cot belonged to Robert Milliken (1878-1952), a master in the Prince Line.

Object Details

ID: ZBA4836
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Cot
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 20th century
People: Milliken, Robert
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 330 mm x 330 mm x 700 mm