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Collections > Textiles
A fascinating collection of period carpets, costume, embroidery, fabrics, fans, lace, quilts and bedcovers, one of the largest collections of tapestries in the country and toys including the world's first train set.
Chair Back
Part of a set of two chair seats and a back. All wool embroidery on canvas, white background, wreaths of flowers and leaves, oval outlined in red with flower basket... view details
Panel: Pastoral Scene
Oval panel, linen on paper, fine floss silk in long and short stitch, and some silver thread outlines. Pastoral scene of a shepherd and his dog , with sheep and goats... view details
Embroidered Panel: The Meal at Emmaus
Oval linen picture embroidered in silk and metal thread stiches. The panel shows Christ in the centre with two disciples on either side. Size: 27.5 x 23.7 cm view details
Panel
A large panel in silk and wool petit point showing a scene of a lady, possibly Venus, reclining on a chair, with ladies and three cupids looking after her. To the... view details
Sampler
Sampler embroidered on single canvas. Consisting of letters, numbers, flowers motifs, tree with seven animals at base and bird on top, border mainly worked in cross... view details
Sampler
Sampler worked in fine linen canvas. Border satin and stem stitch, leaves and flowers. cross stitch alphabet and a verse, and the words 'Ann Gibson's work done in... view details
Sampler
Sampler on pin pricked paper from Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Embroidered with coloured cotton and wool in pale shades of red, yellow, grey, green and black... view details
Sampler
Sampler worked on linen. Worked in cross stitch in wools and cotton in shades of pink, blue, green, browns and yellows. Letters, numbers and flower shapes at the top... view details
Sampler
Sampler worked in the years 1928-29 in memory of her son who was killed in a road accident. Size: 91 x 69 cm. view details
Sampler
Embroidered in coloured wools on double linen canvas, tent stitch, cream wool ground. Lower half of St. Paul's Cathedral in floral framework and across the bottom an... view details