Collection of tapestries, textile panels, silk mosaics & beadwork box
Various
1) tapestry panel of the Nativity; 2) embroidered bible cover; 3) 16th century lace border; 4-6) textile panels with Adoration of the Magi, The Nativity and Hanged Man; 7) large embroidered textile, possibly Middle Eastern; 8) Textile of 'Potiphar's Wife' (illustrated); 9) Embroidery with a lion and unicorn; 10) sampler; 11) Beadwork box showing the Scales of Justice; 12) set of 6 silk mosaics showing decoys by Lucienne Day; 13) embroidery of Crucifixion, German, 15th century. Part of a gift to 19 museums by Joan Hurst through the Art Fund in 2002.
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Date supported
2002
Gifted by
Joan Hurst

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