Embroidery
Unknown
Category
Textiles
Date
1725 - 1750
Materials
Linen, Silk, Wool
Measurements
700 mm (Width); 570 mm (Length)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 500323.13
Summary
A stool cover dated 1725-50, made from undyed, unbleached linen canvas worked in cross-stitch and embroidered with silk and wool (dyed to full range). Design of a central scene with red ground and floral border, central large urn flanked by a colourful bird with long beak and a seated dog. Deer and dalmations below.
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
6 / 25 by 22 / (hand-written on small piece of paper, top left)
Makers and roles
Unknown, embroiderer