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Table Cloth

ca. 1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Embroidered linen table cloth (unfinished) and a cardboard box containing accessories.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Table Cloth
  • Box
Materials and techniques
Embroidered and printed linen, cardboard, silk threads and paper
Brief description
Embroidered linen table cloth and a cardboard box, Maison Helbronner Ltd., Great Britain, ca. 1900
Physical description
Embroidered linen table cloth (unfinished) and a cardboard box containing accessories.
Credit line
Given by Mrs P.M.E. Orr
Object history
Registered File number 1987/997.

The embroidery was owned by the mother of the donor. Helbronner was an old established firm of embroiderers, suppliers of embroidery materials, and, from the 1890s, furnishing fabrics. They exhibited at the 1851 Exhibition from their premises, then in Oxford Street. In 1889 they exhibited items at the 'Arts and Crafts Exhibition' in Regent Street.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Parry, L. Textiles of the Arts and Crafts Movement. London: Thames and Hudson, 1988, p. 128
Collection
Accession number
T.162&A-1987

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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