Record

Collection	ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection
Object Name	Embroidery
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Object Number	ABDUA:56535
Other Number	C253+1
Other Number Type	Old Number
Brief Description	Embroidered panel on black silk, depicting a bird at the centre of the panel and sun at the top left of the composition. Surrounding the bird depiction is a floral and geometric border. Embroidered in shades of silver and gold thread, and backed onto sky blue silk.
Dimensions	L: 290 mm W: 280 mm
Materials	Silk, Gold and silver thread
Place Key	Asia, China
Inscription Content	Old label reads 'Presented by Mrs Irons, 13 Cromwell Road, Aberdeen. Purchased at Shanghai in 1923 and said to have been old at that date'.
Aquisition Source	Irons, Mrs. (13 Cromwell Rd, Aberdeen)
Aquisition Date	11/03/2009

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