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Art Embroidery 1878 06 - A green rug with yellow flowers and leaves

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Art Embroidery 1878 06 - A green rug with yellow flowers and leaves

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Plate VI
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Design for a cushion - syringa - to be worked on cloth or velvet in silk or crewels. The border, which is shown at the top of the plate, is intended to be repeated at each of the four sides ; and the small square, shown at the foot of the plate, to be repeated at each of the four corners. The design may be enlarged to any extent not exceeding four times its present size.

Thomas Crane (1843–1903) was the eldest son of painter and miniaturist Thomas Crane (1808-1859) and his wife Marie Crane. As with his younger brother, Walter Crane, Thomas was influenced by his father’s craft and skill as a painter to pursue a career in the arts. Though he did not become as famous as his younger brother, Walter, the two Cranes did enter into similar career paths, with Thomas illustrating Christmas cards and children’s books, and designing needlework patterns.

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1878
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Lockwood, Mary S. & Glaister, Elizabeth (1878) Art embroidery: a treatise on the revived practice of decorative needlework. London: Marcus Ward & Co.
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