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Chair Cover

ca. 1860 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
England (made)

Covers for the back, seat, and arms of a chair embroidered with coloured wools in cross stitch on a canvas ground. Each piece has vignettes of floral bunches including roses, poppies, convolvuli, carnations, pansies, and lilies within ornate borders

Object details

Categories
Textiles
Interiors
Embroidery
Object type
Chair cover
Parts
This object consists of 4 parts.

  • Seat Cover
  • Seat Cover
  • Chair Arm Cover
  • Chair Arm Cover
Materials and techniques
Wool Yarn
Canvas
Embroidery
Upholstery
Brief description
Embroidered chair cover, ca. 1860, English; Floral vignettes with an ornate border in canvaswork wools
Physical description
Covers for the back, seat, and arms of a chair embroidered with coloured wools in cross stitch on a canvas ground. Each piece has vignettes of floral bunches including roses, poppies, convolvuli, carnations, pansies, and lilies within ornate borders
Dimensions
  • T.104 1926 back length: 77.5cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
  • T.104 1926 back width: 68.6cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
  • T.104 a 1926 seat length: 72.4cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
  • T.104 a 1926 seat width: 63.5cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
  • T.104 b 1926 arm piece length: 35.6cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
  • T.104 b 1926 arm piece width: 25.4cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
  • T.104 c 1926 arm piece length: 34.9cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
  • T.104 c 1926 arm piece width: 24.8cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
Credit line
Given by Brig. Gen. J. Wallas
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.104-1926

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O316212/chair-cover-unknown/
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