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Oxford1
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Pesel, Louisa F90
Dryad Handicrafts2
Newberry, Professor Percy E1
Stubbington, Mrs - Yew Tree Industry1
Welsh, S L1
Kendrick, Albert F1
Embroiderers' Guild1
Arthur H. Lee & Sons1
Binyon, Laurence1
Dickenson, J R1
Winchester Designs Series 2 No.X.
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Winchester Designs Series 2 No.X.

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

1932-1940

A drawn pointpaper design produced for the Broiderers of Winchester Cathedral by Louisa Pesel, referenced as series 2, number 10. The design for needlepoint is a symmetrical organic design, possibly ...

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Cross-stitch and filet, odd designs [portfolio]

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

c. 1923

A loose A4 portfolio entitled "Cross-stitch & Filet, odd designs", containing approximately 44 designs and stitching illustrations, many annotated on plain, checked and tracing paper, in pencil, inks ...

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sampler
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sampler

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

1934-1947

Long sample with five areas of design in wool on edged hessian. Wools in black, blue, red, green and yellow, worked into predominantly repeat all over diamond designs. Paper label attached with Winc...

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sampler
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sampler

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

1931-1947

Unfinished cross stitch embroidery in wool thread on coarse canvas for a cushion cover with a scrolling stem pattern and possibly intended to include heraldic shields. The card label attached describ...

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Model for kneeler or chair cushion [sampler]
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Model for kneeler or chair cushion [sampler]

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

1931-1947

Counted woolwork sample worked as a model for a kneeler or chair seat in Winchester Cathedral. The work is in red, blue, green and beige wool on canvas, depicting an all over geometric hexagon and sq...

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sampler
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sampler

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

1931-1938

Counted woolwork samplem possibly worked as a model of a border in Winchester Cathedral. The design is of repeated stylised flower heads and apples within a striped border, in blues, yellow, red, gr...

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Weaving borders [portfolio]

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

early 20th Century

A loose A4 portfolio entitled "Weaving Borders" containing 26 squared paper with notes and designs, 19 of which are on smaller paper and in coloured inks. In pencil, coloured pencil and inks, with on...

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purse sampler
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purse sampler

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

1913-1947

Corner sampler for a pochette worked in cross stitch. The geometric design of diagonal squares and crosses was taken from a sixteenth or seventeenth century sampler illustrated on Plate II of M.B.Hui...

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ration book case sampler
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ration book case sampler

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

1918-1947

Embroidered sampler for a ration book case. Completed corner worked in cross stitch, guidelines embroidered in running stitch.

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sampler
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sampler

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

1930-1947

Partly worked embroidery model for a bag or border. Worked in cross stitch with a geometric pattern alternating a star/flower motif with a square spiral pattern.

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sampler

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

1932

Sample of an embroidered border pattern in a design named by Pesel as 'Little Crosses'. Numbered card label attached referencing date of February 1932..

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purse sampler
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purse sampler

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

1929-1947

Embroidery sample showing a design for a pochette. Partly worked pattern in cross stitch of roundels with stars in the centre and a border of triangles. Pesel's label states that the design is used ...

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