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1944.9.59

Strip of embroidered red silk altered into a bell pull.

1944.9.59

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Collection type
Object
Description
Strip of embroidered red silk altered into a bell pull.
Geographical reference
China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China
Person
Field collector Duncan MacPherson
PRM source Mary Louisa Sturrock
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1841
Date collected
circa 1841
Acquisition information
Donated: 1944
Materials and processes
Material Silk Textile Animal, Process Embroidered, Process Recycled, Process Woven
Object numbers
Accession number: 1944.9.59
Research and responses

Mrs W.D. Sturrock undoubtedly refers to Mary Macpherson, wife of William Duncan Sturrock (1880 - 1942) See biographies database for further details [L.Ph 26/3/2004]

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