Embroidery
Category
Textiles
Date
Unknown
Materials
Textile
Measurements
43.5 x 43.5 cm
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 852358
Summary
Embroidered panel in black frame. Green circle with flowers and bishop's mitre in the centre. Handwritten information on the back - 'Design taken from the back of a chair which was one of a set made for Frederick, 4th Earl of Bristol, Bishop of Derry, at Downhill, Ireland and now at Clifton Hall, Nottingham. Worked by (A.F.J.B.)? Finished 1934'. Silk embroidery in variety of stitches and chenille, on silk satin ground.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. Acquired by the National Trust in 1956 under the auspices of the National Land Fund, later the National Heritage Memorial Fund.