Art and Heritage Online Database

Collection: Council of Industrial Design
Object Type: embroidery
Artist/Maker: McKinnon, Lana
Date: unknown
Media/Materials: thread on cloth
Dimensions: overall embroidery: 38 cm x 51 cm; overall gouache: 38 cm x 51 cm; overall printed image: 12.5 cm x 51 cm

Description:

This set of images are attached to a Council of Industrial Design exhibition panel. (Panel 7) The exhibition was designed to tour and comprised of a wooden framed, fold out exhibition which was transported in large crates.

The following are included in panel 7:
An embroidery featuring red thread on an off white linen cloth. The design features flora and fauna and heart shaped imagery.

A drawing on a lemon coloured paper for the same design is attached to the panel along with a smaller printed image of the embroidery pattern which is red on an off white paper.

Object Number: ABDRG2024.2.1