Explore the CollectionTablecloth

Measurements

85cm x 86cm

Place of Origin

South Australia

Historical Period/Date

20th Century (1930-1969 Mid)/1932

Registration Number

2011-003

Donated/Purchased

Donated

Techniques

Long and Short Stitch,Needlepainting,Stem Stitch,

Objects

Household Textiles,Tablecloths,

Physical Description

Supper cloth - fine natural colour linen ground; square shaped with an edge worked with a line of padded satin stitch and very small needlelace picots. The edge of the cloth follows the outlines of leaves. An embroidered design around the edge with vine leaves, grapes, vine stems and tendrils, stitched in needlepainting, long and short stitch, stem stitch in silk using single strands. Dimension and shading created by the use of many shades of each colour - autumn tonings - yellow, orange, red and green plus brown for the stems.