The Embroideress
Artist
Harold Knight
(Nottingham, England, 1874 - 1961)
Date1921
Mediumoil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsOverall: Height: 76.9 cm, Width: 63.6 cm
Frame: Height: 100.1 cm, Width: 87.2 cm
Frame: Height: 100.1 cm, Width: 87.2 cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1936 with income from the Webster Bequest.
Copyright© The Estate of Dame Laura Knight DBE RA (2009) / Bridgeman Images
LocationOn Display - Gallery 14
Object numberABDAG002269
About MeThe painting is Knight’s variation on the recurrent theme of the female within a domestic sphere. This is one of a series of pictures by Knight showing single female sitters absorbed in an activity, such as sewing, reading, or even putting on a shoe. The subject is wearing a loose embroidered blouse, a style which was fashionable in the early 1920s. oil on Canvas, 1921
Purchased in 1936 with income from the Webster Bequest
More About Me
The pictorial attention to the different patterns of the picture reflects the good taste of the embroideress.
Exhibitions
c. 1870
