A POKERWORK BOX BY ALICE MARY PARSONS

Description: A POKERWORK BOX BY ALICE MARY PARSONS
The hinged top centred with a roundel of a stylised grove of trees with a landscape beyond; signed to the base.
First quarter 20th century.
Height 5.5cm; Width 20.5cm; Depth 18cm

PROVENANCE:
The Ruth Simon Collection
privately acquired from the above in 2005

OTHER NOTES:
Alice Mary Parsons was a member of and regular exhibitor at the Arts and Crafts Society from the 1910s to the 1930s. She studied at the Julian Ashton Art School and belonged to the Society of Women Painters. Parsons is known for her pokerwork and painting on wood and fabric. Her pokerwork is represented in the Art Gallery of NSW.