Not currently on display at the V&A

Spring

Picture
ca. 1910 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Picture with a twilled crash ground embroidered with silks and metal thread in satin, long and short, overcast and stem stitches with laid and couched work, French knots, beads and appliqué work.

The picture is in a beaten copper over wood frame.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Picture
  • Frame
TitleSpring
Materials and techniques
Crash embroidered with silk and metal thread, beads, appliqué work, beaten copper over wood frame
Brief description
Picture of embroidered crash and frame of metal, 'Spring', made by Ellen Mary Bruton, England, ca. 1910
Physical description
Picture with a twilled crash ground embroidered with silks and metal thread in satin, long and short, overcast and stem stitches with laid and couched work, French knots, beads and appliqué work.

The picture is in a beaten copper over wood frame.
Dimensions
  • Length: 8in (minimum)
  • Width: 12.5in (minimum)
  • Length: 20.3cm (minimum)
  • Length: 31.4cm (minimum)
  • Length: 11.25in (maximum)
  • Width: 16in (maximum)
  • Length: 28.5cm (maximum)
  • Width: 40.7cm (maximum)
Marks and inscriptions
'SPRING' (Inscribed at top of metal picture frame)
Credit line
Given by Miss M. D. Slatter and Miss E. M. Slatter
Production
Made by Ellen Mary Bruton
Collection
Accession number
T.776&A-1972

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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