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Hair Brush Panel

1949 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Hair brush panel machine-embroidered with a design of a cherub taken from a sketch in folder Circ.340-1962. Part of the Kessell experiment (1949) of embroidery interpretations carried out by teachers and students from colleges of art.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Machine-embroidered
Brief description
Machine-embroidered hair brush panel, designed by Mary Kessell, embroidered by Frances Beal, Great Britain, 1949
Physical description
Hair brush panel machine-embroidered with a design of a cherub taken from a sketch in folder Circ.340-1962. Part of the Kessell experiment (1949) of embroidery interpretations carried out by teachers and students from colleges of art.
Dimensions
  • Length: 9.75in
  • Width: 8cm
Credit line
Given by the Needlework Development Scheme
Production
NDS 2374
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.342-1962

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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