Among the effects of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587), left at Hardwick Hall (England) following her execution, were 53 slips with flowers, 124 slips with birds, 16 of animals and 52 of fishes. Some of these slips were already cut out and ready for mounting.
See also the TRC Needles entry on the Oxburgh embroidered hangings.
Sources:
- LEVEY, Santina M. (1998). An Elizabethan Inheritance: The Hardwick Hall Textiles, London: The National Trust, p. 60, fig. 53.
- Shorter Oxford English Dictionary: ‘slip’.
V&A online catalogue (retrieved 8th July 2016).
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