Context (Field collection)
Collected by: Mrs. Grace Desborough Caroe in 1900: Edging thought to have been purchased in London.

Event Date 1900
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Production / use)
Edging embroidered by Chinese in Bombay for Parsee clothing decoration; purely decorative.
Event Date 1988
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Long sample of embroidered edging. Black background with silver and pale blue peacock, flower and leaf motif in silk thread.'

Event Date 1988
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
Description for 1988.442[.1-4]: 'This piece is no longer complete, but one of the seams has come unstitched, and the edging is now in two pieces. There are also two small pieces of embroidered edging, one with rose thread, and one which is navy with gold/yellow thread, and these were found wound around the pieces above to hold the bundle together.'

[The two pieces of border with peacocks do not seem to have ever been attached to one another as the edges do not match up, although the embroidery pattern is the same. They have now been assigned the suffix range .1-2, with the other short lengths being assigned suffixes .3 and .4. Katrina Dring, 21/05/2024]
Event Date 27/1/2005
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Two lengths of embroidered edging or border. Strip of blue woven silk embroidered with peacocks, flowers and foliage; embroidery in white, blue and cream with a looped motif along one edge and a flower and arc motif along the other; all edges hemmed on the shorter length [.1], one long and one short edge hemmed on the longer length [.2].
Event Date 21/5/2024
Author: Katrina Dring

Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2024.5950 | Freezing
Event Date 24/5/2024
Author: Kirsty Kernohan