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Embroidered Picture

ca. 1890 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Picture of linen embroidered with floss silk in shades of cream, beige, green, blue, pink, red, mauve, brown and black in long and short, stem and satin stitches. The frame is of wood, covered with gilded gesso.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Embroidered linen, wooden frame covered with gilded gesso
Brief description
Embroidered picture of linen, made by Annie Christian Jack after 'The Rose Garden' engraving by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, England, ca. 1890
Physical description
Picture of linen embroidered with floss silk in shades of cream, beige, green, blue, pink, red, mauve, brown and black in long and short, stem and satin stitches. The frame is of wood, covered with gilded gesso.
Dimensions
  • Frame length: 14.25in
  • Frame length: 36.2cm
  • Frame width: 12in
  • Frame width: 30.5cm
  • Embroidered picture length: 9.5in
  • Embroidered picture length: 24.1cm
  • Embroidered picture width: 7.875in
  • Embroidered picture width: 18.7cm
Credit line
Given by Miss Margaret Jack
Collection
Accession number
T.707-1972

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Record createdMarch 30, 2006
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