Embroidery Picture
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- Date
- 1974
- Material
- fibre, wool; cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1008
- Description
- A picture of St. Michael's Mount Cornwall, England done in needlepoint embroidery with wool and cotton stitches. The picture depicts a rocky promontory with a castellated mansion and an ancient chapel. There are buildings at the bottom of the mount done in fine cotton embroidery with what appears…
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- Title
- Embroidery Picture
- Date
- 1974
- Material
- fibre, wool; cotton
- Dimensions
- 24.5 x 33.5 cm
- Description
- A picture of St. Michael's Mount Cornwall, England done in needlepoint embroidery with wool and cotton stitches. The picture depicts a rocky promontory with a castellated mansion and an ancient chapel. There are buildings at the bottom of the mount done in fine cotton embroidery with what appears to be ships in centre right. Bottom is rocks and greenery. Cloudy sky in background.
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy Cranstone, Banff, 1987
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1008
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Overblouse Blouse
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.05.0110
- Date
- 1976 – 1977
- Material
- hair; fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0110
- Description
- A lightweight green wool shirt with gold metallic thread embroidery. Simply straight cut to below hips with small slits at each side, square set in sleeves straight to waist, and collarless neck with front slit opening and two round green wool covered buttons with green wool loop buttonholes. Hand …
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- Title
- Overblouse Blouse
- Date
- 1976 – 1977
- Material
- hair; fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 52.0 x 71.5 cm
- Description
- A lightweight green wool shirt with gold metallic thread embroidery. Simply straight cut to below hips with small slits at each side, square set in sleeves straight to waist, and collarless neck with front slit opening and two round green wool covered buttons with green wool loop buttonholes. Hand sewn heavy gold embroidery of flame shaped flowers embellish neck opening. Seams and hems hidden with a narrow band of gold embroidery.
- Subject
- households
- embroidery
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0110
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