Artwork : ArchiveNo00091

Tapestry 1916

ContributionForm
Contributor Name	Doreen Featherstone
Contributor Image	No_00091_Doreen_Featherstone.jpg
Profession
Location	Southsea
Collection Date	22.02.08 10.40am
Artefact Name	Tapestry
Artefact Description	Wool and embroidery threads (silk) on Hessian. Bold colours. Good condition.
Artefact Date	1916
Artefact Stored	In a drawer in the hallway
Artefact Form
Artefact Image	Tapestry_2.jpg
Sample Taken	Sample of Hessian, wool, silk thread
Sample Image
History of Artefact	Her father was injured in the First World War. He made this tapestry while at Queen Alexandra hospital (it was originally a military hospital) in 1916. He was in the trenches and very badly injured (a shell went right through his intestines and his back) in 1914.
Historian	Catherine Smith
Previous Owners	Father
Special Memories	‘Soldiers were badly treated on their return and every couple of months we would have to go to St Mary’s hospital to justify the small pension he was receiving. It always brings sadness when I see it.’
Artwork Image	00091_WEB.jpg

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jpg	Tapestry.jpg	manage	40.1 K
jpg	Tapestry_2.jpg	manage	25.3 K