Pair of Hangings
1890-1895 (designed)
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Two identical embroidered hangings, both made of two widths of silk with a seam down the middle. The ground is of apricot coloured silk with a repeating embroidered design of lotus flower heads, acanthus leaves with curving flower stems and branches in peach, pink, blues, greens, silver and grey silk. Borders on each side of the hangings show green twining rose stems with roseheads and bell-shaped flowers in pink and peach. There is evidence of a similar lower border, edged with a barber's pole stripe, on both hangings, although this is now badly worn on each panel. Worked mostly in darning stitch, the embroideries also show running stitches and speckling in their design.
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Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Emroidered silk |
Brief description | Embroidered hangings, 1890-1895, English; Morris and Company |
Physical description | Two identical embroidered hangings, both made of two widths of silk with a seam down the middle. The ground is of apricot coloured silk with a repeating embroidered design of lotus flower heads, acanthus leaves with curving flower stems and branches in peach, pink, blues, greens, silver and grey silk. Borders on each side of the hangings show green twining rose stems with roseheads and bell-shaped flowers in pink and peach. There is evidence of a similar lower border, edged with a barber's pole stripe, on both hangings, although this is now badly worn on each panel. Worked mostly in darning stitch, the embroideries also show running stitches and speckling in their design. |
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Credit line | Given by Mrs. Edward Barrington Haynes |
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Accession number | T.364&A-1976 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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