Book cover, embroidered canvas, Great Britain, 1928-1931
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1928-1931
Book cover of embroidered canvas formed into a slip jacket for a book. The canvas is concealed by tightly packed lines of chain, stem long and short stitches with details in French knots. The front cover has chain-stitched whorls in bright blue silk and a central ogee with lattice work and two Florets in silks of gold, three greens, black, three pinks and yellow.
The back cover has chain-stitched whorls in mid-brown silk with a central fan motif and a single Floret in silks of bright orange, three greens, black and yellow. The spine has vertical lines of stem stitch in shades of purple, turquoise and brown.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Embroidered canvas in silks
- Dimensions
- Length: 7.75 in; Width: 12 in; Length: 19.7 cm; Width: 30.5 cm
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Great Britain
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London collection record for this single object (sentences kept verbatim apart from removed sale or rarity wording); how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Candidate id
- vam-O367561
- Museum object name
- Book cover
- Holding institution
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- Museum object number
- T.670-1974
- Museum system number
- O367561
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and dating against a specialist reference; this entry documents one recorded example.