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Kildare Place Model School

Collection: Kildare Place Model School Collection
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