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PULLED FABRIC, CUSHION COVER

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Overview

Colbert, the technique worked on this cusion, was popular in the 18th C, revived in the Victorian era, but is a rarely used technique today. This piece stitched by the donor, Susan, shows the main characteristics of the tchnique - bold heavy lines outlining flowing lines of the design and filled ith contrasting counted filling patterns,
Design of leaves with different pulled fabric stitches in each

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-78-2018.16

Width

370 mm

Height or length

320 mm

Last modified

Friday, 13 October, 2023

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