Finger Plates
1960 (made)
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Three finger plates mounted as a group in a clear Perspex frame. The first is of embroidered blue silk with pink, lilac, green and red in a symmetrical stylised design. The second is covered in black in an abstract nature-inspired design comprising blue and green appliquéd fabric rondels and embroidered meandering lines, suggesting water. The third is covered in blue silk and is embroidered in a symmetrical design in pink, orange and silver threads.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered silk with silk and metallic threads, appliquéd, mounted on Perspex |
| Brief description | Three Embroidered silk finger plates, Mounted on a perspex frame, designed and embroidered by Norah Heler on a singer domestic sewing machine and all Irish trading machine, Great Britain 1960 |
| Physical description | Three finger plates mounted as a group in a clear Perspex frame. The first is of embroidered blue silk with pink, lilac, green and red in a symmetrical stylised design. The second is covered in black in an abstract nature-inspired design comprising blue and green appliquéd fabric rondels and embroidered meandering lines, suggesting water. The third is covered in blue silk and is embroidered in a symmetrical design in pink, orange and silver threads. |
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| Production type | Unique |
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| Accession number | CIRC.441 to B-1960 |
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| Record created | November 21, 2007 |
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