Panel
ca. 1905 (made)
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Panel of embroidered linen worked with coloured silks. With a symmetrical design of flowers, stems and leaves. The flowers are mainly in long and short stitches with some couching of threads in various shades of pink and with careful graduation of colour from flower to flower. The stem and leaves are in various shades of green. With a pale brown framework of couched threads running through the design in an elaborate cruciform shape.
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Materials and techniques | Embroidered linen with coloured silks |
Brief description | Panel of embroidered linen worked with coloured silks, designed by Louisa Frances Pesel, possibly for Liberty & Co. Ltd., retailed in London, ca. 1905 |
Physical description | Panel of embroidered linen worked with coloured silks. With a symmetrical design of flowers, stems and leaves. The flowers are mainly in long and short stitches with some couching of threads in various shades of pink and with careful graduation of colour from flower to flower. The stem and leaves are in various shades of green. With a pale brown framework of couched threads running through the design in an elaborate cruciform shape. |
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Accession number | CIRC.157-1975 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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