Chair Cover
1879 (made)
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Embroidered mat, unbleached tussar silk, embroidered with a floral design in coloured floss silks, borders of scrolling plants divided by thin borders of gold-wrapped thread, coloured silk fringes, the back is lined with a printed design on ochre tussar silk, probably 'Multan Mayblossom' design by Thomas Wardle.
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Materials and techniques | Woven tussar silk, embroidered with floss silks and gold-wrapped thread |
Brief description | Tasar silk chair cover embroidered with tasar silk floss, silk ground woven in India, embroidery worked by the Leek Embroidery Society, Leek, Staffordshire, 1879. |
Physical description | Embroidered mat, unbleached tussar silk, embroidered with a floral design in coloured floss silks, borders of scrolling plants divided by thin borders of gold-wrapped thread, coloured silk fringes, the back is lined with a printed design on ochre tussar silk, probably 'Multan Mayblossom' design by Thomas Wardle. |
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Marks and inscriptions | Design No.32. / Animal Products Collection 20-12-80 (Sewn on labels referencing Thomas Wardle's catalogue number (No.32) and the date on which this piece was transferred from the India Section to the Animal Products section (20 December 1880)) |
Object history | The preface to Thomas Wardle's Handbook of the Collection Illustrative of the Wild Silks of India (1881) states that "The Lords of the Committee of the Council on Education think it desirable to direct public attention to the Collection illustrative of the Wild Silks of India which forms part of the Indian Section added to the South Kensington Museum in December 1879." This piece and two others attributed to the Leek School of Embroidery appear in Wardle's catalogue of this collection his Handbook, and all three pieces have India Museum catalogue numbers, indicating that they were indeed part of the collection of Indian material transferred from the India Museum to the South Kensington Museum in December 1879. As the Leek School of Embroidery was itself established in 1879, the embroideries must have been made sometime in that same year. On 20 December 1880, all three pieces were transferred to the South Kensington Museum's Animal Products section, as indicated by the labels affixed to their backs. At some point they were transferred back to the Indian section, likely when the Animal Products section was dissolved in the 1920s. |
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Other number | AP.45-1880 - Previous number |
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Accession number | 4560(IS) |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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