Fabric square

A cambric square, cut round the edges to form a saw-tooth shape, finished in button hole stitch. Border of embroidered flower heads and leaves, the centres of the flowers and leaves worked in eyelet stitch. Different motifs worked in each corner - a parrot, sheaf of corn, dog and pagoda also the initials 'FHN'. Said to have been embroidered by Lady Frances Nelson, First Viscountess Nelson d. 1831. In fact a type of whitework embroidery made in and exported from India.

Object Details

ID: TXT0298
Collection: Textiles
Type: Fabric square
Display location: Not on display
Date made: Before 1831
People: Nelson, Catherine
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 720 x 710 mm