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Magic Circle II
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Magic Circle II
- Object:
Picture
- Place of origin:
Great Britain, UK (made)
- Date:
1978 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Verina Warren (designer and maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
Painted and sprayed cotton gaberdine, embroidered with couched gold gilt and silk and cotton threads
- Museum number:
T.86-1978
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Picture with painted and sprayed cotton gaberdine ground. Machine embroidered with whip stitch and hand embroidered with French knots and couched gold gilt threads. Embroidered with cotton and silk threads in shades of green, yellow, brown, mauve and blue. The outer rim is sprayed with bright orange gloss and the inner rim is sprayed in matte colours of pink and orange merging to yellow and green in the centre.
A design of a clump of trees with slender trunks emerges from a flowery field. A blossom strewn half circle springs from the tree tops. It has a black mount.
Place of Origin
Great Britain, UK (made)
Date
1978 (made)
Artist/maker
Verina Warren (designer and maker)
Materials and Techniques
Painted and sprayed cotton gaberdine, embroidered with couched gold gilt and silk and cotton threads
Marks and inscriptions
'VERINA LYNN WARREN '78'
'Verina Warren'
Dimensions
Width: 40.5 cm, Length: 42.5 cm, Diameter: 24.5 cm
Descriptive line
Picture of embroidered cotton, 'Magic Circle II', designed and made by Verina Warren, Great Britain, 1978
Materials
Silk; Embroidery silks
Techniques
Painting; Embroidery; Dyeing
Subjects depicted
Flowers; Leaves; Trees
Categories
Textiles; Embroidery
Production Type
Unique
Collection code
T&F
