Design for a cross for an ecclesiastical textile
Design
1900-1950 (made)
1900-1950 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
The top of this tracing is an exact copy of no.195 on p.45 of Thomas Brown & Son, Manufactuerers of Laces, Damask & Fringes for Church purposes and Embroiderers, about 1877-1878. The museum number is E.4946.45-1968. It shows how church embroiderers used pattern books. This tracing is from a group of anonymous designs of mostly 1900-1950 that was given to the V&A. They include numerous designs and tracings of patterns for embroidery on ecclesiastical textiles such as stoles worn by the priest.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Design for a cross for an ecclesiastical textile (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Tracing in pencil on wove paper. |
| Brief description | Design, anonymous, for a cross for an ecclesiastical textile 1900-1950. |
| Physical description | Design showing a plant with three flowers arranged in a triangular shape above a cross on a torn piece of tracing paper. |
| Dimensions |
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| Production type | Design |
| Credit line | Given anonymously. |
| Production | Attribution note: The top of this tracing is an exact copy of no.195 on p.45 of Thomas Brown & Son, Manufactuerers of Laces, Damask & Fringes for Church purposes and Embroiderers. E.4946.45-1968. |
| Summary | The top of this tracing is an exact copy of no.195 on p.45 of Thomas Brown & Son, Manufactuerers of Laces, Damask & Fringes for Church purposes and Embroiderers, about 1877-1878. The museum number is E.4946.45-1968. It shows how church embroiderers used pattern books. This tracing is from a group of anonymous designs of mostly 1900-1950 that was given to the V&A. They include numerous designs and tracings of patterns for embroidery on ecclesiastical textiles such as stoles worn by the priest. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.201-2010 |
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| Record created | April 28, 2010 |
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