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Needlework picture
abstract portrait by Frances Richards done in needlework on a woven straw ground; face, elongated neck and shoulders in cotton fabric, outlined with herringbone and couched threads; hair represented by black and yellow couched yellow threads; features of face outlined in black threads using back stitches; framed in 19th century maple frame
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F98.60.37
Creation/Production
Richards, Frances
Date: 1940 (late) - 1950s (early)
Acquisition
Bequest, 18/12/1998
Measurements
Length
(cm): 29.5
Width
(cm): 25.4
Length
(cm): 17
Width
(cm): 20.2
Material
straw
cotton (fabric)
wool (fabric)
wood
glass
Location
In store
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