{"product_id":"mid-century-folk-art-festival-of-britain-era-embroidered-sampler-c1950s-britain","title":"Mid Century Folk Art Festival of Britain Era Modernist Embroidered Sampler: C1950s Britain","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"TDBkbc#Ml18Xb\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"BNcbpe_g\" data-hveid=\"CAAIDhAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 17.92px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003e\n\u003cspan data-subtree=\"aimfl\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 17.92px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003eThis hand embroidered sampler \u003c\/span\u003emirrors the post-war the British mid century post modernist\u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"tP2kf#s32ZS\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"BNcbpe_j\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 17.92px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003e (1951)\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"TDBkbc#Ml18Xb\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"BNcbpe_g\" data-hveid=\"CAAIDhAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 17.92px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003eart movement.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"TDBkbc#Ml18Xb\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"BNcbpe_r\" data-hveid=\"CAAIERAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 17.92px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003eDuring the 1950s, British textile art underwent a radical revolution. Pioneers like \u003cspan jsuid=\"BNcbpe_s\" class=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"mouseenter:\u0026amp;BNcbpe_s|ZUljYd;mouseleave:\u0026amp;BNcbpe_s|aXD3Gb;focusin:\u0026amp;BNcbpe_s|Mrjwi;focusout:\u0026amp;BNcbpe_s|CXhG2e;pointerdown:\u0026amp;BNcbpe_s|wndyDd;click:\u0026amp;BNcbpe_s|yrMC6;\" jscontroller=\"KMhGd#Mx1qPe\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 17.92px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003e\u003ca class=\"H23r4e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwi10dHPp9qWAxXPX0EAHZh4HgsQy_kOegYIAAgREAE\" data-hveid=\"CAAIERAB\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/goto?url=CAESuwEB6zswFUy_YjsxBqmZyCfLIWu88s0iy0fhUYl-VtfiZ9KgQ4ewbA8NpcoguRyXodqUkVZxuFp4jovm1psv3O4nRl9IySSOcEsPozj2Un-Ql5iJEqTSEV8Ei2F_6zptbOFZDxRn4WsvC191P0673EqDX8xVLpl6VR_Bj3elaq913dPuyFpt8U4p6au552fn0TcE8ffKM2-WxFqjcwzSqESow6Z5fgVekT3SpYGOauxEBsu6v5o1wGarYmB7\" ping=\"\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;url=CAESuwEB6zswFUy_YjsxBqmZyCfLIWu88s0iy0fhUYl-VtfiZ9KgQ4ewbA8NpcoguRyXodqUkVZxuFp4jovm1psv3O4nRl9IySSOcEsPozj2Un-Ql5iJEqTSEV8Ei2F_6zptbOFZDxRn4WsvC191P0673EqDX8xVLpl6VR_Bj3elaq913dPuyFpt8U4p6au552fn0TcE8ffKM2-WxFqjcwzSqESow6Z5fgVekT3SpYGOauxEBsu6v5o1wGarYmB7\u0026amp;uoh=1\u0026amp;ved=2ahUKEwi10dHPp9qWAxXPX0EAHZh4HgsQy_kOegYIAAgREAE\u0026amp;opi=89978449\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 17.92px; font-weight: 500; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(21, 88, 214); border-bottom: 0px rgb(21, 88, 214);'\u003eConstance Howard\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e (who founded the influential embroidery department at Goldsmiths College) completely broke away from traditional, rigid needlework. They began championing narrative \"embroidered pictures\" and fabric collage as a respected high art form.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"yhAwj\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"rcuQ6b:\u0026amp;BNcbpe_10|npT2md\" jscontroller=\"UTzWVc#U8DOt\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"BNcbpe_10\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 14.56px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"KdQfFc#d5Qebf\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"BNcbpe_16\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 17.92px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"yhAwj\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"rcuQ6b:\u0026amp;BNcbpe_10|npT2md\" jscontroller=\"UTzWVc#U8DOt\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"BNcbpe_10\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 14.56px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"KdQfFc#d5Qebf\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"BNcbpe_16\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 17.92px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003eThe stylized motifs in the collage—the abstract, linearly drawn fiddle, the quirky ladder-back chair with bold green stripes, and the blocky, graphic animal silhouettes mimics the iconic British graphics of the 1951 Festival if Britain. It directly channels the witty, whimsical, and lightly surrealist still-life aesthetics of post-war artists like Enid Marx.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"yhAwj\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"rcuQ6b:\u0026amp;BNcbpe_10|npT2md\" jscontroller=\"UTzWVc#U8DOt\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"BNcbpe_10\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 14.56px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"KdQfFc#d5Qebf\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"BNcbpe_1i\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 17.92px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"yhAwj\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"rcuQ6b:\u0026amp;BNcbpe_10|npT2md\" jscontroller=\"UTzWVc#U8DOt\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"BNcbpe_10\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 14.56px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"KdQfFc#d5Qebf\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"BNcbpe_1i\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 17.92px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003eThe contrasting black side panels feature abstract snowflakes, zig-zags, and lace-like white embroidery. This closely mirrors mid-century experiments where traditional English folk samplers were reinvented using geometric, \"atomic-age\" patterns popular in 1950s home unlike more traditional \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"KdQfFc#d5Qebf\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"BNcbpe_1r\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 17.92px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003e1950s pieces that were uniformly finished on pristine background cloth, this piece was made by an artist using the design language of 1950s British Modernism.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"yhAwj\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"rcuQ6b:\u0026amp;BNcbpe_10|npT2md\" jscontroller=\"UTzWVc#U8DOt\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"BNcbpe_10\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 14.56px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"KdQfFc#d5Qebf\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"BNcbpe_1r\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 17.92px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"yhAwj\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"rcuQ6b:\u0026amp;BNcbpe_10|npT2md\" jscontroller=\"UTzWVc#U8DOt\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"BNcbpe_10\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 14.56px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"KdQfFc#d5Qebf\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"BNcbpe_1r\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 17.92px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003eA really interesting, charming and personal piece using a wide variety of interesting stitching and other techniques including, cutwork, quilting, drawn threadwork, and much more. We all love the inclusion of the artists cat and the hover!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"yhAwj\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"rcuQ6b:\u0026amp;BNcbpe_10|npT2md\" jscontroller=\"UTzWVc#U8DOt\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"BNcbpe_10\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 14.56px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"KdQfFc#d5Qebf\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"BNcbpe_1r\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 17.92px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"yhAwj\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"rcuQ6b:\u0026amp;BNcbpe_10|npT2md\" jscontroller=\"UTzWVc#U8DOt\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"BNcbpe_10\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 14.56px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003eMeasurements: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"KdQfFc#d5Qebf\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"BNcbpe_1r\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 17.92px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"yhAwj\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"rcuQ6b:\u0026amp;BNcbpe_10|npT2md\" jscontroller=\"UTzWVc#U8DOt\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"BNcbpe_10\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 14.56px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"KdQfFc#d5Qebf\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"BNcbpe_1r\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 17.92px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003e71.5cm wide x  38cm tall x 3.5cm deep\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"yhAwj\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"rcuQ6b:\u0026amp;BNcbpe_10|npT2md\" jscontroller=\"UTzWVc#U8DOt\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"BNcbpe_10\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 14.56px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"KdQfFc#d5Qebf\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"BNcbpe_1r\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 17.92px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"yhAwj\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"rcuQ6b:\u0026amp;BNcbpe_10|npT2md\" jscontroller=\"UTzWVc#U8DOt\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"BNcbpe_10\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 14.56px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003eCondition: This embroidery has been professionaly stretched and mounted and is presented in a bespoke handpainted frame ready to hang. There is on overall patina of age to the surface of the embroidery and the photograph of the cat has faded somewhat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"KdQfFc#d5Qebf\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"BNcbpe_1r\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 17.92px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"yhAwj\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"rcuQ6b:\u0026amp;BNcbpe_10|npT2md\" jscontroller=\"UTzWVc#U8DOt\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"BNcbpe_10\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 14.56px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"yhAwj\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"rcuQ6b:\u0026amp;BNcbpe_10|npT2md\" jscontroller=\"UTzWVc#U8DOt\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"BNcbpe_10\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 14.56px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003ePlease note:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"yhAwj\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"rcuQ6b:\u0026amp;BNcbpe_10|npT2md\" jscontroller=\"UTzWVc#U8DOt\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"BNcbpe_10\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 14.56px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);'\u003eBecause of the size of this panel we can only post free within the U.K. Oversees customers please contact us for a quote for postage. Many thanks.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hannah Whyman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57552228385141,"sku":null,"price":1100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0499\/8080\/1179\/files\/7A18DD1E-5EE6-408F-ACAB-56B35D6D03DA.jpg?v=1788710041","url":"https:\/\/hannahwhyman.co.uk\/products\/mid-century-folk-art-festival-of-britain-era-embroidered-sampler-c1950s-britain","provider":"Hannah Whyman","version":"1.0","type":"link"}