Painting
Can I see it?
Not on view at present
Where is “Painting” now? Collection: Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Not on view at present. Checked September 25, 2026.
London, United Kingdom
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
The V&A acquired a fragment of embroidered silk in 1863, believed to have originally been part of a coronation robe donated by Richard of Cornwall to the coronation collegiate of Aachen in 1262. In 1893, it underwent a restoration procedure used on a number of fragmentary historical textiles at that time, which had incomplete pattern repeats - it was glued to cardboard, and a watercolour painting was made alongside to indicate how the pattern would have looked if completed. This is the painting, commissioned from Blanche F Hunter, a professional artist, skilfully done to imitate the texture of threads and stitches.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Details
- Accession number
- 424-1893
In the catalog
Sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
