Art and Heritage Online Database

Collection: Council of Industrial Design
Object Type: embroidery
Artist/Maker: Fairweather, Arthur
Media/Materials: thread on cloth
Dimensions: overall frame size: 92.6 cm x 92.6 cm; overall info panel size: 11 cm x 51 cm

Description:

Exhibition panel 10 features a large framed embroidery which features floral leaf patterns along with human figures and animals.

The design for this table cloth is reminiscent of delcate porcelain in its suble colouring and fine drawing. Any of the motifs could be used either individually or grouped in a host of different ways for pleasing effects on articles ranging from bedspreads to table napkins.

Object Number: ABDRG2024.2.3