Bible marker

• Reference:GB 1694 NMC/0421
• Dates of Creation:c1908-1914
• Name of Creator:
  Not available / given
• Physical Description:
  1

• Scope and Content

  Dull blue/green corded silk embroidered at each end. Thought to be by Ann Macbeth (the use of these particular strong shades of magenta and turquoise are distinctive of Macbeth's work at this time).

• Acquisition Information

  Margaret Walker, 1975.

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  Embroidered with floss silk threads in shades of turquoise, magenta, rose pink, yellow, grey, cream and white using satin and running stitches with couched gold thread, in stylised rose and lily motifs. The ends are trimmed with a fringe of silk ribbons and milky white glass beads (five on each end)
  Dimensions: 1430 x 60 mm

• Related Material

  See Altar Frontal for the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Glasgow Museums' Collection.

• Additional Information

  Published

• Subjects

  Christianity

  Embroidery (visual works)

  Textiles