MARY IRELAND (1891-C.1980)
‘THE EMBROIDERED KIMONO’, DATED 1935
£1,875
Hints on Household Taste : Paul Reeves
Auction: 28 June 2022 from 11:00 BST
Description
appliqué fabric mosaic panel, mixed fabrics and painted silk, with applied signature lower right MARY IRELAND, artist’s inscriptions verso FABRIC MOSAIC PANEL BY MARY IRELAND/ APRIL 1935, original frame
Dimensions
34cm x 24cm
Footnote
Note: Bears further artist’s inscription verso “Exhibited Walker’s Gallery, June/ 35. Subsequently used by Gaumont British in their film of me (G.B. Maguire ’47).
The background is modern Japanese (about 50 years old) and the kimono antique Chinese Peking stitch – M.I.”