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The Magic Garden

Embroidered Picture
1936 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Picture embroidered with silks and appliqué. With couching, French knots and honeycomb stitches. With a stylised woman in a pink dress standing in a fantasy garden, all made up from a composite of appliquéd fabrics and embroidery stitches.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Magic Garden (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Embroidered with silks and appliquéd
Brief description
Picture 'The Magic Garden' embroidered with silks and appliqué, designed and made by Rebecca Crompton, Great Britain, 1936
Physical description
Picture embroidered with silks and appliqué. With couching, French knots and honeycomb stitches. With a stylised woman in a pink dress standing in a fantasy garden, all made up from a composite of appliquéd fabrics and embroidery stitches.
Dimensions
  • In frame width: 43cm
  • In frame height: 57cm
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • Transliteration
  • Transliteration
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.10-1937

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Record createdNovember 16, 2007
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