Lace pricking for crown motif
Ellen Herbert designed a lace crown for Queen Alexandra. This is the pricking from which it was made. ‘By command of the Queen, I am to tell you how extremely her Majesty admires the lovely pin cushion you have been so kind as to give her. The Queen fully appreciates the delicate and refined work which has been put into it and would like to convey this from her to your clever workers. Her Majesty hopes long to use this beautiful and useful Coronation present.’
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 40/1929/15/3
- Collection Class
- Textiles and equipment
- Material
- CardInk
- Common Name
- Lace pricking for crown motif
- Simple Name
- Lace pricking
- Period Classification
- Modern (1900-)
- Production Town
- Exeter
- Production County
- Devon
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Date
- 1902
- Production Person Initials
- Ellen
- Production Person Surname
- Herbert (workshop of)
