Wheat and Olive Branch Embroidery
Joan Lander (1916 - 1997)
Category
Textiles
Date
1953
Materials
Measurements
9.5 x 7.5 inches
Collection
Sunnycroft, Shropshire
NT 1321197
Summary
Square embroidery sampler. Design of wheat and olive branches in goldwork with central 'IHS' motif. Worked by Joan Lander and her student Ethel Oates during private evening tuition during their time at the Royal School of Needlework in London, 1953.
Provenance
Designed and embroidered by Joan Lander, last resident of Sunnycroft. Given as a gift to Dr Morna Sturrock, of Victoria, Australia, who has donated the item to the Sunnycroft collection.
Makers and roles
Joan Lander (1916 - 1997), embroiderer