
Collection Online as of May 23, 2022
Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground
Average: 201.3 x 140.3 cm (79 1/4 x 55 1/4 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1301
not on view
This exuberant pattern of spiraling roundels enlivens a ground of isolated vegetation, despite disintegrated dark brown–black silk thread outlines. Professional draftsmen would have drawn the pattern in ink on the reverse side of several loosely attached, plain linen cloths. They were separated for embroiderers to follow and then reassembled; frequently, the designs do not match perfectly at the seams.