Design for embroidered banner

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Artist/Maker	Bucknall, William (designer) Comper, John Ninian (Sir) (designer)
Place of origin	England (designed)

Design of a flying angel which fills the centre of the tracing paper. The design is inscribed in pen and ink and pencil, with instructions to the embroiderer. The tracing paper is attached along the left side to a cardboard mount.

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Category	Scotland
Object type	Textile design
Title	Design for embroidered banner (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Pen and ink and pencil on tracing paper.
Brief description	Design for embroidered banner, depicting the figure of an angel, flying and leaning to the right, holding out a cup in his left hand and a sponge in his right. Designed by William Bucknall and Ninian Comper, England, 1888.
Physical description	Design of a flying angel which fills the centre of the tracing paper. The design is inscribed in pen and ink and pencil, with instructions to the embroiderer. The tracing paper is attached along the left side to a cardboard mount.
Dimensions	Height: 78.3cm Width: 55.2cm Height: 31in Width: 21 12/16in
Marks and inscriptions	'W. Bucknall' (Maker's identification; signed) 'J.N. Comper. Archt.' (Maker's identification; signed)
Credit line	The gift of Jane Wainwright, in memory of Clive Wainwright.
Object history	This drawing was given by Mrs Jane Wainwright in memory of her husband, Clive Wainwright, formerly Senior Research Fellow, Research Department, Victoria and Albert Museum. Anthony Symondson, an expert on Comper, gave the design to the Wainwrights in about late 1970s.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.299-2002

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Record created	July 15, 2002
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O66653/design-for-embroidered-banner-textile-design-bucknall-william/

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