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Door Curtain

1920 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Embroidered door curtain of brown satin embroidered with coloured silks in long and short satin, stem and buttonhole stitches with French knots. The main part of the design consists of an owl with two younger ones embroidered in white and brown, perched on the branches of a pine tree worked in brown with large blue cones. There is a large crescent moon behind. At the bottom of the hanging are a series of toadstools and other plants worked in oranges, whites, greens, greys and mauve. The hanging is trimmed with purple cotton and the embroidery is worked through both layers or material.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Brown satin embroidered with coloured silks
Brief description
Embroidered door curtain of brown satin, English, 1920
Physical description
Embroidered door curtain of brown satin embroidered with coloured silks in long and short satin, stem and buttonhole stitches with French knots. The main part of the design consists of an owl with two younger ones embroidered in white and brown, perched on the branches of a pine tree worked in brown with large blue cones. There is a large crescent moon behind. At the bottom of the hanging are a series of toadstools and other plants worked in oranges, whites, greens, greys and mauve. The hanging is trimmed with purple cotton and the embroidery is worked through both layers or material.
Dimensions
  • Length: 78in
  • Width: 49in
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss Margaret A. Shaw
Object history
Registered File number 1963/780
Historical context
Hanging was made my Miss Margaret Shaw, who was a City and Guilds Silver Medallist and First Prize winner in 1922.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.70-1963

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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