Design Sketches
1949 (made)
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Embroidery for a dressing table set. Includes three sketches in coloured ink, mounted on card (17.5 x 12.5 inches), an embroidered dinner mat, dressing table mirror with embroidery, hair brush with embroidery, hand mirror with embroidery and clothes brush with embroidery, all with motifs from the sketches. Part of the Kessell experiment (1949) of embroidery interpretations carried out by teachers and students from colleges of art.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 8 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered, mounted on card, ink |
| Brief description | Embroidery for a dressing table set, designed by Mary Kessell, embroidered by Frances Beal, Great Britain, 1949 |
| Physical description | Embroidery for a dressing table set. Includes three sketches in coloured ink, mounted on card (17.5 x 12.5 inches), an embroidered dinner mat, dressing table mirror with embroidery, hair brush with embroidery, hand mirror with embroidery and clothes brush with embroidery, all with motifs from the sketches. Part of the Kessell experiment (1949) of embroidery interpretations carried out by teachers and students from colleges of art. |
| Credit line | Given by the Needlework Development Scheme |
| Production | NDS Collection 2378 |
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| Accession number | CIRC.339 to G-1962 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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