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GENERAL EMBROIDERY,TEACLOTH

c. 1940
Overview

This linen teacloth kit features an Australiana theme of colourful Wildflowers and native birds and has been partly worked.
(a) The linen teacloth has a different spray of native Australian flora in each corner. Opposite centres have a blue wren, scarlet honey eater, and Kookaburra and Koala between each flower sprays.
(b-f) five envelopes contain the threads and instructions for embroidery.
(g) Catalogue for other items in the series.
Based on artwork by Geoff Riley Wildflower artist, Melbourne.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-78-2017.2a-g
Width
1240 mm
Height or length
1270 mm
Year
c. 1940
Last modified
Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum

Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum

Tea cloth plus thread and instructions
Tea cloth plus thread and instructions
Tea cloth Blue Wren detail
Tea cloth Blue Wren detail
Tea cloth bird detail
Tea cloth bird detail
Tea cloth Boronia detail
Tea cloth Boronia detail
Tea cloth flower detail
Tea cloth flower detail
Tea cloth instructions front
Tea cloth instructions front
Tea cloth instructions reverse
Tea cloth instructions reverse
Tea cloth instructions
Tea cloth instructions
Tea cloth envelopes reverse
Tea cloth envelopes reverse

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