Sample of Embroidery

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Artist/Maker	Gordon, Eveline (maker)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made) London (made)

Sample of embroidered decoration for use on couture dress and accessories. Two pieces of gold cloth stitched together, one semicircular, the other rectangular, covered with two types of stars or flowers. The first star type is made of gold ribbon with diamanté beads in the centre and gold lozenge shaped beads in between loops of ribbon. The other type of star shape is made with the same gold lozenge shaped beads surrounded by round diamanté beads which have smaller clear and gold beads attached to them.

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Category	Embroidery
Object type	Sample of embroidery
Materials and techniques	Embroidered Weaving Embroidering
Physical description	Sample of embroidered decoration for use on couture dress and accessories. Two pieces of gold cloth stitched together, one semicircular, the other rectangular, covered with two types of stars or flowers. The first star type is made of gold ribbon with diamanté beads in the centre and gold lozenge shaped beads in between loops of ribbon. The other type of star shape is made with the same gold lozenge shaped beads surrounded by round diamanté beads which have smaller clear and gold beads attached to them.
Dimensions	Height: 13.2cm Width: 21.9cm
Production type	Unique
Credit line	Given by Miss E. Gordon
Production	For the House of Worth
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.560:2-1999

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Record created	December 19, 2003
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O87905/sample-of-embroidery-gordon-eveline/

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