Panel
Ann Macbeth
1906
- Medium
- Linen, plain weave; underdrawing in graphite; painted with pigment; embroidered with silk in detached chain, satin, single satin, and stem stitches; French knots; embellished with pearls
- Dimensions
- 43.8 × 76.2 cm (17 1/4 × 30 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
embellishedsilk (fiber)britishneedlework (visual works)Arts and Crafts MovementTextile
About
Designer, teacher, and author Ann Macbeth published this design in the fine and decorative arts magazine The Studio in 1905. The embroidery motif was intended to be part of a wall decoration. The panel exhibited here may have been made by an amateur needleworker who bought the pattern as part of a kit. Retailers including the London department store Liberty commissioned work from Macbeth for their customers.
