Honiton lace fan leaf

Designed by Thomas Kennet-Were to celebrate his marriage to Alice Sawyer. It shows the arms of the two families, the date of the wedding and intricate designs of musical instruments and wedding motifs such as birds, flowers and the cornucopia. Kennet-Were lived in the Sidmouth area of Devon.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
24/1922
Category
Decorative Art
Collection Class
Personal objects
Material
cotton | | | |
Common Name
Honiton lace fan leaf
Simple Name
fan leaf
Period Classification
Victorian (1837-1901)
Production Town

Production County
Devon
Production Country
United Kingdom: England
Production Date
1876
Production Person Initials
T
Production Person Surname
Kennet Were
Production Year Low

Production Year High


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Honiton lace fan leaf