Embroidery
Unknown
Category
Textiles
Date
1725 - 1750
Materials
Linen, Silk, Wool
Measurements
680 mm (Width); 900 mm (Length)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 500323.12
Summary
A rectangular panel/fire-screen dated 1725-50, made from undyed, unbleached linen canvas worked in cross-stitch and embroidered with silk and wool (dyed to full range). Intricate design of a central pastoral scene with red ground and floral border, a group of figures surrounded by foliage with hills, and one figure milking a cow. Variety of animals in the border below the scene including sheep, pigs, dalmations and a deer above the figures.
Provenance
Breton-Tayler Collection. Given to the Trust by Mrs Winifred Breton Tayler, 11.4.2000, after remaining within the Breton family for nearly 300 years.
Marks and inscriptions
C.D.Breton 12 / Nuneaton / (handwritten on piece of material sewn to back, top right)
Makers and roles
Unknown, embroiderer