Girls and Boys Come Out to Play
Embroidered Panel
ca. 1890 (made)
ca. 1890 (made)
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Embroidered panel of silks on cotton. Upper edge and sides hemmed. The lower edge formed by the selvege. Rust stained tack holes on the edge of the ground fabric show that the embroidery was tacked to a back board for display.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Girls and Boys Come Out to Play (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Embroidered silks on cotton |
| Brief description | Embroidered panel 'Girls and Boys Come Out to Play' of silks on cotton, after Walter Crane, England, and retailed by William Whiteley, ca.1890 |
| Physical description | Embroidered panel of silks on cotton. Upper edge and sides hemmed. The lower edge formed by the selvege. Rust stained tack holes on the edge of the ground fabric show that the embroidery was tacked to a back board for display. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'TRADEMARK / WILLIAM WHITELEY / UNIVERSAL PROVIDER / WESTBOURNE GROVE / LONDON' (Stamped on the reverse of the ground fabric in the left hand upper corner.) |
| Object history | Purchased. Registered File number 1992/366. |
| Production | Made ca.1890, after an illustration published in 1877 by Walter Crane taken from his illustrated book 'The Baby's Opera'. Ground fabric with drawn pattern manufactured for and retailed by William Whiteley, Westbourne Grove, London. |
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| Accession number | T.67-1992 |
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| Record created | July 4, 2003 |
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