Fabric square
A cambric square, cut round the edges to form a saw-tooth shape, finished in button hole stitch. Border of embroidered flower heads and leaves, the centres of the flowers worked in eyelet stitch. Different motifs worked in each corner - a windmill, stork and fox, donkey and lyre also the initials 'FHN'. Said to have been embroidered by Lady Frances Nelson, First Viscountess Nelson d. 1831. In fact a type of whitework embroidery made in and exported from India.
Object Details
ID: | TXT0299 |
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Collection: | Textiles |
Type: | Fabric square |
Display location: | Not on display |
Date made: | Before 1831 |
People: | Nelson, Catherine |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 720 x 740 mm |
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