Chair seat cover
Mrs Rebecca Darby (1821 - 1909)
Category
Textiles
Date
1880
Materials
Wool and silk
Measurements
480 x 490 mm; 540 mm (Width)
Place of origin
Adcote
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Dudmaston, Shropshire
NT 814557
Summary
Embroidered tight chair cover. Undyed baste fibre plain weave double canvas, embroidered in green,red and back wool and yellow silk in cross-stitch. Centre flower motif surrounded by wreath on a plain red ground. Cut to drop-in seat on all sides with tack marks.
Provenance
Darby Collection; Rebecca Darby (1821-1909). Rebecca Darby (Adcote) worked by Rebecca Darby 1880. Removed from F/13 by Lady Labouchere c.1953 and replaced by T/035.
Makers and roles
Mrs Rebecca Darby (1821 - 1909)