Folded Paper Pattern for Embroidery with Design for a Chair Back with Bundles of Cornflowers and a Border with Geometric Motifs
Designer Elvira Mary Courbould [E. M. C.] British
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Folded paper pattern for embroidery, part of a series of 12 that might have been part of a book of embroidery designs, possibly designed by Elvira Mary Courbould. This type of books would be purchased for women to engage in needlework activities and embroidery at the home, decorating a variety of textiles for interiors or to be used in the making of dresses for the members of the household. This plate, titled "Cornflower: Chairback" contains several bundles of elongated leaves and stylized cornflowers and cornflower buds and a border decorated with triandles and circles, placed horizontally on the bottom of the sheet. These motifs were meant to be embroidered on to a chair back.
