Chair seat cover
Mrs Rebecca Darby (1821 - 1909)
Category
Textiles
Date
1880
Materials
Wool and canvas
Measurements
500 x 460 mm; 570 mm (Width)
Place of origin
Coalbrookdale
Order this imageCollection
Dudmaston, Shropshire
NT 814559
Summary
Embroidered tight chair cover. Undyed baste fibre plain weave double canvas, embroidered in red, blue and black wools and ivory and yellow silk in cross-stitch. Shield within hexagon on a red ground. Cut to 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)