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Embroidery Design

c.1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Morris, Mary (May) (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Design for an embroidered chair-seat showing verdure and flowers.

Object details

Categories
Embroidery
Textiles
Designs
Drawings
Furniture
Object type
Embroidery design
Materials and techniques
Black chalk and body colour
Chalk
Body Colour
Drawing
Brief description
May Morris. Design for an embroidered chair seat, c.1900
Physical description
Design for an embroidered chair-seat showing verdure and flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 67.95cm
  • Width: 95.25cm
  • Paper support height: 857mm
  • Paper support width: 1015mm (Note: paper support measured 04/04/2017)
Object dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1954 London: HMSO 1963
Credit line
Bequeathed by the Artist
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1954 London: HMSO, 1963
  • John Murdoch and Susan Lambert, Summary Catalogue of Textile Designs 1840-1985 in the V. & A. Museum and colour microfiche, Surrey: Emmett Microform, 1986
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.960-1954

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O586566/embroidery-design-morris-mary-may/
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