Lady Danesford Collection of embroidery pictures & samplers
Various
- Art Funded
- 1963
- Bequeathed by
- M S Gordon through The Art Fund
Collection of 43 works was part of the Gordon bequest.
Artists include; A.Irving, A.Gribble, E.Coombes, E.Seymour, E.King, S.Skellern, M.Knowles, M.Chambers, M.Parkinson, S.Parkinson, A.Hooper, A.Routledge, M.Fox, Lady Danesford, J.Sewell, & M.Chaulk. Mrs Gordon bequeathed a total of 153 objects to the Bowes Museum. Mrs Gordon was widow of the Bishop of Jarrow and a member of the Durham Colleges Council.
Provenance
Lady Danesford; Mrs M.S.Gordon.