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Crewel Work Bed Hanging

Bed panel with crewel work, England, late 17th century. Bed panel with crewel work, England, late 17th century. Copyright Victoria & Albert Museum, London, acc. no. T.13B&C-1929.

The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, houses a set of ten bed hangings made and decorated for a full-tester bed. They were made in England and date to the late seventeenth century and were embroidered in crewel work by Abigail Pett, whose name is added to one of the hangings.

This particular bed hanging measures 197.5 x 102 cm. It has a cotton and linen ground material. The embroidered leaf designs and animals make it into a good example of Jacobean work.

V&A online catalogue (retrieved 4 September 2016).

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