TEXTILES

Object Name: Antimacassar
Maker: Copeland Linens (Primary maker)
Place Made: Boundary Street, Belfast.
Description: An antimacassar of mustard yellow linen, stamped in blue ink, on the lower half, with a stylised pattern of flowers, for hand embroidery. Machine stitched hem in cream thread in a 'spoking' pattern. The embroidery pattern stamped on the fabric by Copeland Linens of Belfast, using a 'pricked' paper pattern and a pad of blue ink.
Materials: linen
Catalogue Number: HOYFM.2013.74.57

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