National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Purchased, 1913 This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest
Ground of cotton twill with crewel embroidery in polychrome wool with trailing floral motif in blue, red, green, yellow and brown.
Two long fragments of a curtain which have been sewn together.
Each width measures approximately 38.3 cm. The thread count of the cotton twill is 17 warps/ 17 wefts per cm. Large areas of the twill have heavily pilled.
The crewel threads are quite highly twisted and relatively fine. Each yarn is about 1/2 mm width and with about 12 twists per cm.