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Wednesday, 26 October 2016 18:25
Kempston Anglo-Saxon Embroidery
A woman's grave excavated 1863-1864 at Kempston, Bedforshire, UK, contained a relic box (Box. No. 141) that yielded a fragment of purple, woollen embroidery, dated to the seventh century AD. It has been classed as the earliest extant piece of Anglo-Saxon embroidery. The same grave also contained the so-called Kempston Beaker.
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