Embroidered Signatures ProjectEmbroiderers’ Guild of South Australia. Flinders Branch: Cloth

Owner

Embroiderers' Guild of South Australia. Flinders Branch

Region

Mid North

Creator

Embroiderers' Guild of South Australia. Flinders Branch

Measurements

144cm x 192cm

Historical Period/Date

20th Century

ID Number

ESPO-104

Classifications

Back Stitch,Chain Stitch,Cloths,Running Stitch,Stem Stitch,

Physical Description

Cream damask cloth with a 6cm commercial bobbin lace edging. At the bottom centre front edge is a large, hand stitched guild logo worked in chain and stem stitch with royal blue thread. Names of members are worked with the same thread, coton a broder 16, and radiate out from the logo along the bottom of the cloth and up both sides.

Theme and Purpose

Commemorative A record of members.

Signatures

Below are the names that have been transcribed from this object. Multiple instances of a name on one object is indicated by a bracketed number after the name. A name in bold appears on other objects. Click these names to see the other objects.