Embroidered Signatures ProjectBristow Marsh Family. Engagement: Cloth

Owner

Private Collections

Region

Yorke Peninsula

Creator

Unknown

Measurements

45cm x 66cm

Historical Period/Date

20th Century (1970-1999 Late)/1983

ID Number

ESPO-124

Classifications

Cloths,Drawn Thread Work,Stem Stitch,

Physical Description

Cream linen cloth with a 1cm crochet edge. It has a 1.5cm drawn thread work hem. Stitched with blue thread along the top is the text 'CAROL', 'ENGAGEMENT GUESTS', 'NICK' with two stem stitched blue hearts. All the names are stem stitched in blue.

Theme and Purpose

Commemorative. Family and friends. This is a record of the guests that attended the engagement party of Carol Bristow and Nic Marsh at Berri, SA on the 29-5-83. Carol's grandmother did the stitching.

Signatures

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