Not currently on display at the V&A

Panel

ca. 1905 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.


Object details

Categories
Object type
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.
Dimensions
  • Length: 36.5in
  • Width: 19.125in
  • Length: 92.5cm
  • Width: 48.5cm
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.157-1975

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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