Lot 492

SIR ROBERT LORIMER (1864-1929)
DRAWINGS OF EMBROIDERY AND TEXTILE DETAILS. EARLY 20TH CENTURY









Auction: 1 April 2020 at 11:00 BST
£813
Description
comprising a DESIGN FOR A BEDSPREAD, 30.5cm x 32cm; a DESIGN FOR AN EMBROIDERY, 36cm x 135cm; and FIVE FURTHER DETAILS OF EMBROIDERY DESIGNS, pencil and coloured pencil on paper, variously inscribed (measurements and images of all items available on request or see our website www.lyonandturnbull.com)
Footnote
Provenance: Sir Robert Lorimer, 54 Melville Street, Edinburgh
Gibliston, Fife
thence by direct descent
Literature: Savage, P., Lorimer and The Edinburgh Craft Designers, Paul Harris, 1980, p.79 & 80, pl. 72 & 73
Note: The bedspread for which this design was produced exists in the National Museum of Scotland Collections, ref.H.SVL 31 A








