Objects
Viewing Record 16 of 29Previous Record Next Record
Switch Views: Lightbox | Image List | List
Kildare Place Model School
Object Type: Embroidery and Needlework Sample
Artist/Maker: Margaret Coyningham
Place Made: Dublin
Date: 1824
Media/Materials: paper, board, linen, cotton, wool, silk
Dimensions: overall: 45 cm x 34 cm x 5 cm
Description:
Part of a collection of 45 sewing, knitting and embroidery specimens and two pieces of patterned paper from (one of?) the Kildare Place Model Schools in Dublin. Held in 14 sleeves within a modern binder
Sleeve11 1) square of white ?linen embroidered with a vase of flowers in coloured silk (brown, pink, red, green, yellow, pale blue), the square bordered with brown herring bone stitch and edged with yellow and pale blue loops, 11x11cm 2) square of white ?linen embroidered with a vase of flowers in coloured silk (pink, red, green, yellow, pale blue) with lettering “We bloom to-day /and die to-mor-row”, 15.5x16.5cm
Sleeve11 reverse – blank
Object Number: ABDRG2011.18.11