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Mirror Panel

1949 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Hand mirror panel machine-embroidered with a design of a cherub taken from a sketch in folder Circ.340-1962. Part of the Kessell experiment (1949) of embroidery interpretations carried out by teachers and students from colleges of art.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Machine-embroidered
Brief description
Machine-embroidered hand mirror panel, designed by Mary Kessell, embroidered by Frances Beal, Great Britain, 1949
Physical description
Hand mirror panel machine-embroidered with a design of a cherub taken from a sketch in folder Circ.340-1962. Part of the Kessell experiment (1949) of embroidery interpretations carried out by teachers and students from colleges of art.
Dimensions
  • Length: 11in
Gallery label
(01/07/2023)
Shiny mirrors

Why hello there! Who’s that looking at you?

Next time you’re out and about, try peering into a shiny puddle or a pond. You might see someone you recognise.

Clockwise from left:
Museum nos. S.101-1981 (Given by Dame Peggy Ashcroft);
311-1901; W.12-1971 (Given by Miss Agnes L. Wyatt);
CIRC.341-1962 (Given by the Needlework Development
Scheme); 691-1894; AP.95-1875

[Young V&A, Play Gallery, Mini Museum, short object label]
Credit line
Given by the Needlework Development Scheme
Production
NDS 2360
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.341-1962

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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