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Description: | 2 framed panels forming a diptych or devotional aid; unbleached white linen with embroidery and applique work.
Stitches - Faces, hands and feet of flesh coloured linen and gold thread. Garments of net applique edged with braid. Halos and other details in aluminium sheeting, gold, silver and silk thread, pearls and diamante buttons. Each panel surrounded by architectural framework of lawn, braid and pearls.
Pattern - the Annunciation. Left panel - Gabriel kneeling. Right panel - Mary seated by the passion flower.
In Oak frame, hinges of copper and white metal.
Left hand panel glazed. Right hand panel with cellophane covering, presumably glass broken at some stage.
Technique: embroidering
Technique: appliqued
Material: linen
Material: metal
Material: silk
Material: diamante
Material: lawn
Material: oak
Material: copper
Material: aluminium (metal)
embroidery & diptych by Rosamund Willis, 1935, (1935.394). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.19883 | Go to resource |
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