Placemats
early 20th century (made)
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Each with an illustration from The Tale of Jemima Puddle-duck and abridged text written in black ink underneath.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 23 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour on linen with silk tassels |
| Brief description | Set of twelve round linen place-mats with silk fringes, with watercolour illustrations of The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck and abridged texts in ink. Beatrix Potter?, Great Britain, early 20th century. Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.1877. |
| Physical description | Each with an illustration from The Tale of Jemima Puddle-duck and abridged text written in black ink underneath. |
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| Credit line | Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number] |
| Object history | Christies Sale, 18 December 1968, lot 39. Acquired by the V&A from Leslie Linder (1904-1973) in 1973 as part of the Linder Bequest, a collection of ca. 2150 watercolours, drawings, literary manuscripts, correspondence, books, photographs, and other memorabilia associated with Beatrix Potter and her family. |
| Bibliographic reference | Hobbs, Anne Stevenson, and Joyce Irene Whalley, eds. Beatrix Potter: the V & A collection : the Leslie Linder bequest of Beatrix Potter material : watercolours, drawings, manuscripts, books, photographs and memorabilia. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985.
Hobbs, Anne Stevenson, and Joyce Irene Whalley, eds. Beatrix Potter: the V & A collection: the Leslie Linder bequest of Beatrix Potter material: watercolours, drawings, manuscripts, books, photographs and memorabilia. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985. |
| Other number | LB.1877 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
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| Library number | BP.874 |
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| Record created | April 9, 2019 |
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