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child's blouse
mid 20th-late 20th Century
A bright coloured embroidered child's smock style blouse. The embroidery is on the front and the top of the shoulders, detailing floral folklore patterns in blues, greens, reds, yellows, oranges, purp...
embroidered panel
20th Century
A piece of white wool felt with symmetrical hand embroidery of linear stylised floral motif in satin stitch, predominantly worked in green, pinks and maroon. The threads used for embroidery are of dif...
cushion cover
before 1985
An elongated natural linen cushion cover, with a small opening on the long side which had been machine-stitched originally. The heavy embroidery consists of a stylised floral panel in red with spiral...
pouch
before 1985
A small linen pouch with a slit opening across the centre, possibly for holding a hankerchief. The colourful symmetrical floral embroidery is in red, blue, green, pink and yellow satin stitch. There ...
place mat
c. 1970
A stiff lace and embroidered lace place mat or doily. The edges are scalloped and the central brightly coloured satin stitch embroidered motif is of four flowers on one sprig.