Tapestry
Category
Textiles
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cotton
Collection
Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 749093.1
Summary
The tapestry kept alongside a handwritten note in pencil, a 'MEMORIAL OF THE MISSION' and a newspaper cutting from 'TIMES 23 OCT. 1940' kept together in the book 'HOLY BIBLE' (record 3131137). A white open weave tapestry square with a central cruciform design and an acorn a leaf border motif. The design is in green and brown, much of the background material is left exposed.
Provenance
Straw collection bequeathed to the National Trust on the death in 1990 of William Straw.