Needlework picture
Mary Gertrude Hartley
Category
Textiles
Date
Unknown
Materials
Silk, wool, mahogany, glass
Measurements
560 x 460 mm
Order this imageCollection
Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 1421823
Summary
Embroidery, 'The Red Dragon of Wales' in long and short stitch. Worked in red, blue, white and black silk on cream wool ground in a glazed, shield shape, wooden frame. Designed and embroidered by Miss Mary Gertrude Hartley of Bangor, under glass in a mahogany shield frame. (a relic of 1969 investiture See Tex.Cat.T/188).
Makers and roles
Mary Gertrude Hartley, embroideress