Girl Holding a Cat

Girld holding a cat. Embroidered picture, Berlin wool work. Britain, c. 1840. Girld holding a cat. Embroidered picture, Berlin wool work. Britain, c. 1840. Courtesy Victoria and Albert Museum, acc. no. CIRC.607-1962.

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London houses an embroidered picture representing a girld holding a cat. It dates to c. 1840 and was made in Britain. It is an example of Berlin wool work, with wool and silk on canvas, using chain stitch. The embroidery measures 76 x 69 cm.

V&A online catalogue (retrieved 20 December 2016).

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