Lot Essay
A Lt. Col. Shearman was killed at Ypres in 1915. His wife Sybil Cookson could have embroidered the altar front as a commemoration for her husband.
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DATED 1915
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AN ENGLISH SILK EMBROIDERED ALTAR FRONT
DATED 1915
Embroidered with floral scrolls and flowerheads on a silk ground signed and dated 'Sibyl Shearman 1915', in a gilt plaster frame
39½ x 78½ in. (100 x 200 cm.) overall
DATED 1915
Embroidered with floral scrolls and flowerheads on a silk ground signed and dated 'Sibyl Shearman 1915', in a gilt plaster frame
39½ x 78½ in. (100 x 200 cm.) overall
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