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The satin-faced stab stitch embroidery was completed before the lengths were joined because the pattern is not continuous across the three vertical seams. This may mean that it was not originally intended as a cover but seamed together for sale in Beijing where Sir John Addis purchased it.\r\nIt seems likely that this cover was made by the Dai people who live in southern Yunnan province and are ethnically related to groups living in Northern Laos and Thailand.","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null}}],"partNumbers":["FE.121-1983"],"accessionNumberNum":"121","accessionNumberPrefix":"FE","accessionYear":1983,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-11-03","recordCreationDate":"2000-02-12","availableToBook":false}}