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Fire Screen Panel

1792 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oval embroidery worked in satin stitch with silk thread on a white satin ground. Depicts a bunch of flowers (roses, carnations, convolvulus, tulips, etc.) in natural colours, with a delicate stem border surrounding.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk embroidery on satin
Brief description
Embroidery depicting a bunch of flowers in silk on satin, worked in satin stitch; England, 1792.
Physical description
Oval embroidery worked in satin stitch with silk thread on a white satin ground. Depicts a bunch of flowers (roses, carnations, convolvulus, tulips, etc.) in natural colours, with a delicate stem border surrounding.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.25in
  • Width: 18in
Credit line
Given by Miss Frances M. Beach
Object history
Registered File number 1929/6929. Worked by the grandmother of the donor.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.108-1929

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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