Arts and Crafts Embroidered Nursery Frieze Hanging:C19th English

Hand embroidered in red and pink silks on a cotton lawn, this delightful Nursery Frieze dating from the Arts & Crafts period, the late 1800s.

In the manner of Walter Crane or Kate Greenaway, the great Victorian illustrator it depicts the nursery rhyme ‘Girls and Boys come out to play; the moon doth shine as bright as day’.

The children are dressed in the traditional manner  of the day.

A lively and pleasing piece that would benefit from being stretched and mounted, a service we are pleased to be able to offer from our dedicated Textile Conservation studio, please ask us for details.

Measurement: 110 x 44.5cm

Condition: In good antique condition with an overall patina of age, some small losses to lower line of embroidery. Light foxing marks and a line of rust marks along tge top edge where the panel was historically hung with drawing pins. Some small patches and repairs.