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Leek Embroidery Society - Border
1890s

Great colours. The tussur silk would have been imported from India and dyed by Thomas Wardle with natural dyes.  This would look good mounted and framed.



Probably a border for a tablecloth. Very similar to Tanjore Lotus. Using Tasar or tussur silk threads and ground silk from Indian, dyed by Thomas Wardle in Art shades.



Elizabeth Wardle who formed The Leek Embroidery Society also produced a replica of the Bayeux Tapestry (actually an embroidery) in 1885, now in Reading Museum. The original can of course be seen in the British Museum for the next few months.



Read my article about Elizabeth and The Leek Embroidery Society



www.meg-andrews.com/articles/Leek-Embroidery-Society


Cataloguing

The wide border embroidered with floss silks in terracotta, soft orange, apricot and cream flowers outlined in cream  with leaves in bronze and sage green, outlined in dark brown, between narrow borders with a meandering bud and stem design, all on terracotta tussur silk.



17 1/2 x 8 1/2 in; 45 x 22 cm


Condition

Very very good. 


Comments

Dye, Print, Stitch.Textiles. Textiles by Thomas & Elizabeth Wardle by Brenda M King.



Silk and Empire by Brenda M King