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Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum > Records

MACHINE EMBROIDERY, SAMPLERS

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1996

Overview

An unusual sampler, illustrating machine embroidery using metallic components which was stitched by UK tutor Jean Mobbs-Webb for a workshop for the Embroiderers’ Guild of WA in 1997. Consists of 5 samples using different metal components - soft drink cans, copper gauze, fly wire, gold leaf, metal beads - mounted on a felted wool background.
A piece of her artwork, ASIAN HANGING, was purchased #1999.12.

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cwa-org-78-1999.11

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Width

225 mm

Height or length

300 mm

Year

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Tuesday, 19 September, 2023

Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum

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