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Large Embroidery and Watercolour of Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
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Large Embroidery and Watercolour of Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

1900 - 1920
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A large oval embroidery and watercolour of Abingdon, Oxfordshire. Unsigned. Difficult to date but I would think that it is from the 1920's, possibly slightly earlier.

Image size is 38" by 28"

Frame size is 46" by 35"

Physical Dimensions
Height
71cm (27.95")
Width
97cm (38.19")
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Nick Brewster Art and Antiques has dated this Victorian Embroidery Watercolour Landscape to the 1920s.

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A large oval embroidery and watercolour of Abingdon, Oxfordshire. Unsigned. Difficult to date but I would think that it is from the 1920's, possibly slightly earlier.

Image size is 38" by 28"

Frame size is 46" by 35"

Height
71cm (27.95")
Width
97cm (38.19")
Date of Manufacture

Nick Brewster Art and Antiques has dated this Victorian Embroidery Watercolour Landscape to the 1920s.

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SA1159649
Nick Brewster Art and Antiques
Nick Brewster Art and Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since May 2025

Scottish period furniture, clocks and barometers.

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A large Victorian embroidery and watercolour landscape depicting a town and arched bridge over a river, set in a gold gilt frame with an oval grey mount.
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Archive I A large Victorian embroidery and watercolour landscape depicting a town and arched bridge over a river, set in a gold gilt frame with an oval grey mount.

Large Embroidery and Watercolour of Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

Archive II A large Victorian embroidery and watercolour landscape depicting a town and arched bridge over a river, set in a gold gilt frame with an oval grey mount. View II
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Nick Brewster Art and Antiques

Nick Brewster Art and Antiques
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Nick Brewster Art and Antiques
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A large Victorian embroidery and watercolour landscape depicting a town and arched bridge over a river, set in a gold gilt frame with an oval grey mount.
Large embroidery and watercolour of Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
Ref: SA1159649
A large Victorian embroidery and watercolour landscape depicting a town and arched bridge over a river, set in a gold gilt frame with an oval grey mount.
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Combining silk thread embroidery with watercolour paint on paper or silk ground became a popular technique in the late 18th and 19th centuries, allowing craftspeople to add textured detail to rendered landscape scenes.

These textile pictures typically utilised fine silk threads stitched onto a silk satin or paper background, with painted watercolour elements for skies and delicate background scenery, presented in moulded giltwood frames.

Authentic examples demonstrate hand-stitched silk threads showing subtle age-related colour shift, hand-painted watercolour washes, period wood or gilded frames, and appropriate backboard aging or oxidisation.

Hang framed textile art as a focal point above a console table or mantelpiece, or combine it with contemporary artworks in a curated gallery wall to add visual texture and historical depth.

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