Lot 574

FREDERICK LANDSEER MAUR GRIGGS (1876-1938) (DESIGNER) AND NINA BLANCHE GRIGGS (1899-1988) (EMBROIDERER)
FRAMED EMBROIDERY, CIRCA 1925






Auction: Day Two inc FL Griggs : A Cotswold Legacy | Lots 334 to 654 | Thursday 16th October from 10am
Description
coloured silks on an unbleached linen ground, framed
Dimensions
43.5cm x 40cm (frame size 51.5cm x 49cm)
Provenance
F.L. Griggs, and by family descent, see lot 549 for more details
Footnote
Literature: Carruthers A., Greensted M., Roscoe B. Ernest Gimson: Arts & Crafts Designer and Architect, Yale 2019, pp. 286-7, pls. 273 and 274; p. 304, pl. 295
This design may have been inspired by Gimson's designs for embroidery which demonstrate a similar aesthetic to the current lot.





