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Description: | turquoise cotton, hand-embroidered in coloured cottons, wood frame, one piece of cotton, folded, gathered at top to 2 bars of wood covered with cotton; 2 handles of cotton cord; embroidered on bars with 2 rows of drawn thread work, the remaining threads twisted on yellow thread; inside rows of orange thread with blue cross-stitches over, between 2 lines of lavender; at centre row of lavender crosses with 2 bars on each arm; yellow detached chain-stitch in corners, orange French knots in each; 2 similar strips of embroidery down front and back, as on bars, but with, at each side, row of lavender cross-stitch between orange threads with blue cross-stitch over; between the 2 bands on front lozenge above a rectangle of drwn thread work, the remaining threads whipped in orange silk to make grid, edged with crosses with arms in yellow silk, orange eyelet centres, pulled fabric stepped outline in blue around; ; sides sewn togther with purple blanket-stitch,
Accession number: NCM 1984-246 | Subjects: | needlework carried accessories | Temporal: | 1940c | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | belonged to Hibling/Miss Gladys Mildred | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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