Bedspread

Description

Bedspread, part of a set of linen and crewelwork bed hangings designed by Sir Robert Lorimer and embroidered by Jeannie Skinner ( local postmistress at Arncroach), 1897

Museum reference

H.SVL 31 A

Collection

Fashion and Textiles

Object name

Bedspread

Production information

Lorimer, Robert Stodart, Sir, 1864 - 1929, Designer
Skinner, Jeannie, 1897 (fl.), Embroiderer
Arncroach, Fife, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1897

Materials

Linen

Physical description

Linen, with crewel work, profusely decorated, depicting stags, parrots and rabbits, with a chequered border and the date 1897 embroidered on a woolwork label towards the top. Hanging from the central tree is a sheld emblazoned with a cross bottony and wings. At the base are three blocks of poetry.

Associations

Lorimer

References

The Studio, Vol.21, No.92, November 1900, p.126, illustrated.

Peter Savage, Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers, 1980, p.79, illustrated; text p.74.

Christopher Hussey, The Work of Sir Robert Lorimer, 1931, figure 220, illustrated.

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