Dossal

Object number

KM309

Artist/Designer/Maker

Harry Powell - designer
Muriel Powell - embroideress

Production date

circa 1905

Production place

England

Material

silk thread
silk
satin
brass

Technique

embroidered

Dimensions

height: 93.5cm
width: 185cm

Location

Kelmscott Manor - (not on display)

Dossal embroidered with a frieze of standard rose trees, daisies, bluebells and aquilegias. Worked in coloured silks on a ribbed ivory silk ground, with green satin border. The reverse lined with green silk and fitted with brass rings. Designed by Harry Powell and embroidered by his daughter, Muriel Powell, circa 1905.