Embroidered Cloth. A keepsake patchwork tablecloth, circa 1899
Embroidered Cloth. A keepsake patchwork tablecloth, circa 1899, alternating pale red and cream twilled cotton squares, each embroidered in a different hand in the opposite colour cotton thread (i.e. cream on red/red on cream), with a name, monogram, emblem, cartoon, caricature, armorial, greeting, or epithet, including a violin, a fob watch captioned 'Tempus Fugit', a frog with a shuttlecock and racket, a house with tall chimneys captioned 'Woodley', a black man holding up a tray captioned '"Mazawattee", "Real Coffee Dis Time, Sam!"', a poodle named 'Bosco', a tuba player captioned 'Music Hath Charms', etc., many squares initialled, various dates between 1891and 1899, some faint toning and foxing to the cream squares, backed with red twilled cotton, and with a double red/cream frill all round (some very small holes and marks), the upper (red) frill embroidered in cream with various figurative scenes of travelling and pastimes, 'Home Safe April 8th 1899' stitched to one corner, 144 x 167 cm (56.75 x 65.75 ins) (Quantity: 1)
[ translate ]Embroidered Cloth. A keepsake patchwork tablecloth, circa 1899, alternating pale red and cream twilled cotton squares, each embroidered in a different hand in the opposite colour cotton thread (i.e. cream on red/red on cream), with a name, monogram, emblem, cartoon, caricature, armorial, greeting, or epithet, including a violin, a fob watch captioned 'Tempus Fugit', a frog with a shuttlecock and racket, a house with tall chimneys captioned 'Woodley', a black man holding up a tray captioned '"Mazawattee", "Real Coffee Dis Time, Sam!"', a poodle named 'Bosco', a tuba player captioned 'Music Hath Charms', etc., many squares initialled, various dates between 1891and 1899, some faint toning and foxing to the cream squares, backed with red twilled cotton, and with a double red/cream frill all round (some very small holes and marks), the upper (red) frill embroidered in cream with various figurative scenes of travelling and pastimes, 'Home Safe April 8th 1899' stitched to one corner, 144 x 167 cm (56.75 x 65.75 ins) (Quantity: 1)
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