Table Cloth
ca. 1900 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Embroidered linen table cloth (unfinished) and a cardboard box containing accessories.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered and printed linen, cardboard, silk threads and paper |
| Brief description | Embroidered linen table cloth and a cardboard box, Maison Helbronner Ltd., Great Britain, ca. 1900 |
| Physical description | Embroidered linen table cloth (unfinished) and a cardboard box containing accessories. |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs P.M.E. Orr |
| Object history | Registered File number 1987/997. The embroidery was owned by the mother of the donor. Helbronner was an old established firm of embroiderers, suppliers of embroidery materials, and, from the 1890s, furnishing fabrics. They exhibited at the 1851 Exhibition from their premises, then in Oxford Street. In 1889 they exhibited items at the 'Arts and Crafts Exhibition' in Regent Street. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Parry, L. Textiles of the Arts and Crafts Movement. London: Thames and Hudson, 1988, p. 128 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.162&A-1987 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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