Painting
1893 (made)
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Place of origin |
The V&A acquired a fragment of embroidered silk in 1863, believed to have originally been part of a coronation robe donated by Richard of Cornwall to the coronation collegiate of Aachen in 1262. In 1893, it underwent a restoration procedure used on a number of fragmentary historical textiles at that time, which had incomplete pattern repeats - it was glued to cardboard, and a watercolour painting was made alongside to indicate how the pattern would have looked if completed. This is the painting, commissioned from Blanche F Hunter, a professional artist, skilfully done to imitate the texture of threads and stitches.
Object details
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Object type | |
Materials and techniques | Painted in watercolour on card |
Brief description | reproduction; Joined to 8580-1863 |
Physical description | watercolour painting on card, to which a piece of silk embroidery has been attached |
Dimensions | This piece shares the dimensions of the textile to which it is attached : H 36.8 x W 44 cm |
Production | . |
Summary | The V&A acquired a fragment of embroidered silk in 1863, believed to have originally been part of a coronation robe donated by Richard of Cornwall to the coronation collegiate of Aachen in 1262. In 1893, it underwent a restoration procedure used on a number of fragmentary historical textiles at that time, which had incomplete pattern repeats - it was glued to cardboard, and a watercolour painting was made alongside to indicate how the pattern would have looked if completed. This is the painting, commissioned from Blanche F Hunter, a professional artist, skilfully done to imitate the texture of threads and stitches. |
Associated object | 8580-1863 (Reproduction) |
Collection | |
Accession number | 424-1893 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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