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Autumn

Embroidery Design
ca. 1938 (made)
Artist/Maker
Walton, Allan (artist)
Sibell Glyn (embroiderer)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Design for embroidered chair seat representing Autumn, showing fruit on a table on a terrace by the sea, within a foliage border. Inscribed in another hand 'Design for Chair Seat Work by Lady Glyn'.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Interiors
SCRAN
Scotland
Object type
Embroidery design
TitleAutumn (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Pencil, watercolour and body colour
Pencil
Watercolour
Body Colour
Watercolour Drawing
Brief description
Allan Walton. 'Autumn'. Design for an embroidered chair seat worked by Sibell, Lady Glyn. British, c.1938
Physical description
Design for embroidered chair seat representing Autumn, showing fruit on a table on a terrace by the sea, within a foliage border. Inscribed in another hand 'Design for Chair Seat Work by Lady Glyn'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 41.59cm
  • Width: 53.34cm
Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1960 and 1961 London: HMSO 1964
Marks and inscriptions
'Design for Chair Seat Work by Lady Glyn' (Inscribed in another hand)
Credit line
Given by Freda, Countess of Listowel
Subjects depicted
Fruit
Terrace
Sea
Associated object
T.1-1959 (Design)
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1960 and 1961 London: HMSO, 1964
  • John Murdoch and Susan Lambert, Summary Catalogue of Textile Designs 1840-1985 in the V. & A. Museum and colour microfiche, Surrey: Emmett Microform, 1986
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.5328-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O562274/autumn-embroidery-design-walton-allan/
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