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Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum > Records

GENERAL EMBROIDERY, BEDSPREAD

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c. 1900

Overview

A silk embroidered bedspread from colonial times during the British Empire in India.

The cotton fabric is a peachy colour embroidered with bright silk threads.

Design consists of a large bird of paradise in each corner and smaller birds in the centre and between. Assorted leaves and berries surround these – liquid amber, maple.

Bedspread made up with two sections of fabric. Between the joins is a band of drawn thread work.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-78-VC2000.250

Year

Last modified

Wednesday, 13 August, 2025

Completeness

44

Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum

Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum

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