Embroidery

Needlepoint embroidery, silk on linen canvas. Edges fringed. With a label 'Mrs Franklin on her wedding 16 Aug 1823'. This refers to the first wife of Sir John Franklin, Eleanor Anne Porden (1797-1825).

Object Details

ID: TXT0117
Collection: Textiles
Type: Embroidery
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Credit: On loan to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, from the Hopton Hall Derbyshire Collection. Kindly lent by the Gell Muniment Trustees
Measurements: Textile: 140 x 140 mm