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Artist/Maker	Kersey, Kathleen Mrs Allington (designer)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

A design for a woven tapestry depicting monkeys and squirrels, blackberries and forget-me-nots in an elaborate pattern of foliage. The pattern is coloured in blues, pinks, oranges, and purple on a black ground.

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Categories	Designs Drawings Animals and Wildlife Textiles Tapestry
Object type	Drawing
Materials and techniques	Pencil, watercolour and bodycolour, mounted on thick card Paper Card Pencil Watercolour Bodycolour Drawing Painting
Brief description	Design by Kathleen Kersey, for a woven tapestry hanging, pencil, watercolour and bodycolour mounted on thick card, Great Britain, 1911
Physical description	A design for a woven tapestry depicting monkeys and squirrels, blackberries and forget-me-nots in an elaborate pattern of foliage. The pattern is coloured in blues, pinks, oranges, and purple on a black ground.
Dimensions	Height: 82cm Width: 56.9cm Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1993
Marks and inscriptions	'1911' (Dated) '887' (Numbered) 'Design for a woven tapestry hanging' (Inscribed in Indian ink on the back) (Lettered in ink with the designer's name and age on an examination label pasted on)
Object history	This work was entered by the designer as a student work for the National Art Competition in 1911.
Subjects depicted	Monkeys Squirrels Blackberries Forget-Me-Nots Foliage
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1993
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.690-1993

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Record created	March 20, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O204045/drawing-kersey-kathleen-mrs/

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