Object Name: fichu & kerchief
Place of Creation: Europe
Date: 1740-1770
Accession Number: 1953.437
Image Copyright: © Manchester City Galleries
White cotton muslin embroidered with white linen. Curved shape for neck. Dresden work. Dense pattern of multiple fillings on all flowers and leaves, feathery blanket stitch with satin stitch, touches of shadow work. Outline in chain stitch and blanket stitch. Edges in plain blanket stitch in small scallops on wavy border of featherings 1.3cms deep (1/2 inch). Pattern of floral drawnwork, very baroque.
Type: edge length
Height: 81.3 cms
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Type: centre depth
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Depth: 29.2
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