Catalogue Number:
TF.2013.4
Name:
Hem from chemise
Location:
Greece, Europe
Date:
1920-1950
Material:
Coarse cotton and silk
Techique:
Embroidered
Category:
Fragment
Dimensions mm:
165 x 184
Description:
Hem from chemise in coarse cotton. Geometric motifs, squares and parallelograms, abstract tree trunks, leaves and flowers in three kinds of columns terminating in three petalled flower. Filling - small spirals. Silk embroidery in plum red, light green, orange, yellow and black. One edge torn, the other is well finished and embroidered with flat stitch. Pattern from Arachora, Boetia, Greece [ref: The book of Greek costumes, Benaki]. Other ref: 'Greek embroidery 17th-19th century. Works of art from the V&A Collections', Angeliki Hatzimihali Foundation, Hellenic Centre England, 2006 catalogue.
