Lot 28
28
AN EMBROIDERED COVERLET
AN EMBROIDERED COVERLET

MRS ROBERT BENSON, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Details
AN EMBROIDERED COVERLET
MRS ROBERT BENSON, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The yellow satin ground worked in coloured silks in the Arts and Crafts style, with meandering oak trees, grapes and yellow and white flower heads, within a scrolling framework
75 x 71 in. (191 x 180 cm.)
With paper label, which reads 'Made and presented by Mrs Robert Benson, Walpole House, Chiswick Mall, W.4.'

If you wish to view the condition report of this lot, please sign in to your account.

Sign in
View condition report

Lot Essay

Mrs Robert Benson was the wife of R H Benson, a trustee of the National Gallery from 1912 and a collector of paintings, Chinese porcelain and other works of art. Mr and Mrs Benson lived at Walpole House from 1926. The late Mrs Robert Benson's collection was sold at Sotheby's in 1945.

More from Christie's Interiors - Masters & Makers

View All
View All