Mirror
Vanessa Bell (Kensington 1879 – Firle 1961)
Category
Textiles
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glass, Textile
Measurements
950 x 835 mm
Order this imageCollection
Bateman's, East Sussex
NT 768488.1
Summary
A canvaswork cushion-framed mirror. The 140 mm wide frame worked in gros and petit-point by Mrs Grant, to a lily design by Vanessa Bell. Designed and made to hang over the tiled chimney piece (also designed by Vanessa Bell) in the First Floor Sitting Room at Monk's House. A copy is now in place at Monk's House. (Moved to present position when the house opened to the public because the Sitting Room was not shown). Ex Crafts Council Omega Exhibition.
Makers and roles
Vanessa Bell (Kensington 1879 – Firle 1961), designer Mrs Ethel Grant, embroiderer