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Text

1920-1935 (made)
Place of origin
UK (made)

Rectangular nursery text panel of landscape proportions, made of hand embroidered tan cotton with fringed edges. The text is that of 'A Child's Grace' by E Rutter Leatham, which dates from 1908. The words are stitched in bright blue embroidery silks, with a spray of flowers in the top left corner (as viewed) worked in white, green and pale blue using lazy daisy and stem stitches.


Object details

Object type
Text
Materials and techniques
Hand embroidered cotton
Cotton
Hand Embroidery
Brief description
Text for the nursery, hand embroidered cotton; UK, 1920-1935
Physical description
Rectangular nursery text panel of landscape proportions, made of hand embroidered tan cotton with fringed edges. The text is that of 'A Child's Grace' by E Rutter Leatham, which dates from 1908. The words are stitched in bright blue embroidery silks, with a spray of flowers in the top left corner (as viewed) worked in white, green and pale blue using lazy daisy and stem stitches.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.9cm
  • Width: 17.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
THANK YOU FOR THE WORLD SO SWEET, THANK YOU FOR THE FOOD WE EAT, THANK YOU FOR THE BIRDS THAT SING, THANK YOU GOD FOR EVERYTHING. (Textual information; obverse; hand embroidery; embroidery silks)
Credit line
Given by Barbara Watson.
Object history
The text belonged to the donor, Barbara Watson, born 1924, the fourth daughter of Thomas Watson and only child of his second wife Ella Kate Aucott.
Subject depicted
Flowers
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
MISC.428-1992

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Record createdJuly 17, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O41655/text/
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