Lot 140

LEEK EMBROIDERY SOCIETY
ARTS & CRAFTS EMBROIDERED PANEL, CIRCA 1880




Auction: Day One | Lots 1 to 229 | Wed 15th April 2026 from 10am
Description
coloured silks and gold thread reserved on an unbleached linen ground, within a glazed and carved oak firescreen frame
Dimensions
79cm wide, 86cm high
Footnote
The Leek Embroidery Society was founded in 1879 by Elizabeth Wardle, wife of (later Sir) Thomas Wardle, the textile printer who was a friend and collaborator of Morris. Leek Embroidery Society work was sold in the Morris & Co. shop in Oxford Street, and similar firescreens are illustrated in Morris & Co. catalogues.



