APPLIED ART : TEXTILES

Object Name: Stool cover
Description: One of a set of four unused stool covers. The stool covers depict brightly colourful flowers, birds and animals. Two birds, one yellow and one white, both with uniquely coloured wings, are facing one another in the centre of the stool cover. The rest of the scene is filled with highly saturated flowers and their bright green leaves. By Lady Hellen McDonnell, daughter of the Earl of Antrim, circa 1750.
Catalogue Number: BELUM.T2024.3.32.3
Copyright: National Museums NI. Accepted under the Cultural Gifts Scheme by HM Government from Lanto Synge and allocated to National Museums NI, 2023.

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