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Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum > Records

PATCHWORK, TEA COSY

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Overview

An excellent example of the crazy patchwork craze taking place worldwide mid 19th C. It shows a wide range of general embroidery stitches of varying quality. Linked to pride in home and general availability of tea as a drink. The design is a padded semicircle filled with wool and a lining of quilted pink silk showing little evidence of use as a tea cosy. (one stain) Multiple fabrics are used on the outer surface. A pink plaited cord is attached by hand at centre top and bottom. Remnant of pink lining at the seam.

Historical information

See notes from Catherine regarding her family history.

Details

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Registration number

cwa-org-78-2022.2

Statement of significance

Social: Strong connection to home.
Interpretive: Not often in use today
Provenance: This tea cosy possibly belonged to Elizabeth Price (nee Grice) 1853 – 1933.

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Well provenanced

Last modified

Tuesday, 19 September, 2023

Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum

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