Context (Field collection)
Collected by Mrs. Grace Desborough Caroe in 1900.
Event Date 1900
Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Acquisition Details)
M. Backhouse, 27/1/2005: 'Donated by Mary Cra'ster'.
Event Date 18/7/1988
Author: Heather Donoghue

Description (Physical description)
Large sample of embroidered edging. Black silk background with white silk thread flower and leaf and running border motif. Flowers have red centres. Flower motif is in good condition, background material is poor. Fair condition. Floral motifs.
Event Date 3/8/1988
Author: maa

Context (Production / use)
Edging embroidered by Chinese in Bombay for Parsee clothing decoration; purely decorative.
Event Date 3/8/1988
Author: maa

Context (Production / use)
Edging thought to have been purchased in London.
Event Date 3/8/1988
Author: Heather Donoghue

Description (Physical description)
This piece is no longer one continuous piece. The stitching has given out at one of the seams and it is now two pieces.
Event Date 27/1/2005
Author: Heather Donoghue

Description (Physical description)
Two lengths of embroidered edging or border. Strip of black woven silk, embroidered with cream flowers in chain stitch with running band of repeated flower motifs below; flower centres embroidered with purple-red thread, with green and yellow thread at edge of 1988.445.1. One selvedge edge on both pieces, other edges cut or torn and raw with small holes from previous stitching.
Event Date 21/5/2024
Author: Heather Donoghue

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