Painted Photograph
1905 (made)
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Photograph coloured with watercolour depicting a pall: the centre of red and gold velvet brocade, Florentine, late 15th century; the sides of red velvet with embroidered figures, shields and inscriptions, English early 16th century.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Photograph coloured with watercolour |
| Brief description | Photograph painted by Annie and Blanche Hunter, depicting a late 15th-early 16th century, partly Florentine and partly English, pall belonging to the Saddlers' Company, watercolour on photograph, Britain, 1905 |
| Physical description | Photograph coloured with watercolour depicting a pall: the centre of red and gold velvet brocade, Florentine, late 15th century; the sides of red velvet with embroidered figures, shields and inscriptions, English early 16th century. |
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| Object history | Blanch F. Hunter, alongside her sister Ada, was an official V&A artist who supplied painted reconstructions of textiles. |
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| Accession number | D.394-1905 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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