EMBROIDERED SKIRT Dated 1757 The top pleated edge of this skirt is intended to be worn not around the waist but higher, under the arms, held in place by shoulder straps. It is constructed from five loom-widths of a mixed cotton and linen. The opening down the middle of the central width would have allowed room for it to be put on, and also facilitated breast-feeding. Linen and cotton embroidered with silk Signed Maria Papadopoula and dated 1757 Crete Collected by Thomas Sandwith, British Consul-General in Crete from 1870 to 1885, and given by his granddaughter Miss P Boys-Smith. Museum no. T.97-1967 [2007]