Chair seat cover
Mrs Rebecca Darby (1821 - 1909)
Category
Textiles
Date
1880
Materials
Wool and canvas
Measurements
470 x 470 mm; 560 mm (Width)
Place of origin
Coalbrookdale
Order this imageCollection
Dudmaston, Shropshire
NT 814558
Summary
Embroidered tight chair cover. Undyed baste fibre plain weave double canvas, embroidered in black, two reds, two greens, two mauves and white and yellow wools. Diamond trellis enclosing crosslet. Cut to chair drop-in seat on all sides and tack marks.
Provenance
Darby Collection; Worked by Rebecca Darby (1821-1909). c.1860. Removed from F/13 by Lady Labouchere c.1953 and replaced by T/035.
Makers and roles
Mrs Rebecca Darby (1821 - 1909)