Embroidered Bookbinding

British

Ipswich Museum

circa 1850

An Embroidered bookbinding, enclosing Samuel Ward's Collection of Sermons, printed at London in 1626-27. Ward was a popular Puritan preacher from Ipswich. The binding, with female figures and floral motifs. Currently unlocated according to 2004 audit.

• Medium: canvas / coloured silk and silver wire
• Dimensions: 14 x 11 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £100 ( Total: £100)
• ArtFunded in: 1951
• Vendor: G Michelmore & Company

Provenance

Yates Thompson collection.

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