Explore the CollectionBed Cover

Measurements
200cm x 269cm
Place of Origin
China
Historical Period/Date
20th Century (1900-1929 Early)
Registration Number
2004-011
Donated/Purchased
Donated
Techniques
Bullion Knot,Pulled Fabric Work,Satin Stitch,Seed Stitch,
Objects
Bed Covers,Household Textiles,

Physical Description

A large white grass cloth bed cover. There is a central panel of floral motifs worked in satin stitch, bullion knots and seeding, surrounded by sixteen motifs of pastoral figures of a woman darned against a pulled fabric grid background. The whole is surrounded by a 20cm deep hem. The whole is constructed from a number of sections worked on loom widths of the fabric.

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