Panel
ca. 1860 (made)
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Chair back panel of embroidered canvas with coloured wools in cross stitch and beads. The main feature of the design is a scrolling horse-shoe shaped frame worked in brown and buff coloured beads with a beaded lattice-work at the bottom, joining the two lower scrolls. Around this are trailing garlands of brightly coloured flowers and leaves. In the centre are a bunch of three large flowers in beads. Surrounding these are large leaves and two sprays of smaller flowers which hang down the inside the horse-shoe frame. The background is worked in black.
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Materials and techniques | Embroidered canvas with coloured wools, beaded |
Brief description | Chair back panel of embroidered canvas with coloured wools and beaded, England, ca. 1860 |
Physical description | Chair back panel of embroidered canvas with coloured wools in cross stitch and beads. The main feature of the design is a scrolling horse-shoe shaped frame worked in brown and buff coloured beads with a beaded lattice-work at the bottom, joining the two lower scrolls. Around this are trailing garlands of brightly coloured flowers and leaves. In the centre are a bunch of three large flowers in beads. Surrounding these are large leaves and two sprays of smaller flowers which hang down the inside the horse-shoe frame. The background is worked in black. |
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Credit line | Given by Mrs Leonard G. Hall |
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Accession number | T.301-1960 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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