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Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum > Records

CANVAS WORK, BAG

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1968

Overview

A small purse made by Guild member Olwyn Scott OAM using threads from the mother’s sewing box after she died in 1968. A range of canvas stitches and designs create a sampler like work on canvas using wool and cotton threads.

Zip opening with a plaited tassell on the zip.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-78-VC2000.310

Material

Width

200 mm

Height or length

160 mm

Year

Last modified

Monday, 18 August, 2025

Completeness

72

Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum

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