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Quilt Fragment

Date1740-1760

Owned by Caroline FitzGerald King (1754 - 1823)

OriginEngland or Ireland

MediumCotton, linen, silk

DimensionsOL: 29 1/2", OW: 27"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1952-682

DescriptionThis is a fragment or panel of white cotton embroidered or quilted in a wide border design with yellow-gold silk through linen backing using back stitches. The design consists of scrolling feathers against a field of small C-scrolls. The area above the border design is plain without any stitching. The piece consists of two smaller panels stitched together; all edges are raw without hems or finish. There is no batting between the front and back textiles.

In places where stitches are missing, one can see that the design was drawn on the top fabric in ink or pencil.

The stitching is worked with 32 to 36 back stitches per inch.
Label TextThis fragment of embroidery features a wide border of dense scrolls and leafy feathers. The piece was probably once a woman's petticoat or possibly a skirt for an elaborate dressing table.
ProvenanceBaroness Caroline FitzGerald King (1754-1823), wife of Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston (1754-1799), or an earlier ancestor by descent to her great-great grandson, William King, former Keeper of Ceramics and Porcelain at the British Museum.