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Anglo-Indian Embroidery
1880s

A really beautiful and well embroidered piece. This was used for a small table in the late 19th century when Anglo Indian embroidery was popular.  Produced by gifted amateur needlewoman using either a printed handkerchief base (often produced in Manchester for the export Indian market to be used as kerchiefs), or embroidered on a woven ground.  This piece is worked on a woven wool printed ground, which  looks like Paisley design and one can catch glimpses of. Popular during the Arts and Crafts period.


Cataloguing

The square with a riot of wonderful shapes and colours incuding a boteh or pine shape, exotic Indian flowers and leaves, using twisted and floss silks in a polychrome palette, the rich velvet border of old gold, braid and tassels to match the embroidery in soft shades of sage and bronze, backed with a dull green cotton sateen. 



3ft; 90 cm square.


Condition

Excellent.  Perhaps never used. Amazingly only one small tassel missing. 


Comments

Victorian Embroidery Barbara Morris p 121