A silk embroidered panel by Christine Angus, the circular silk panel embroidered with four radiating

A silk embroidered panel by Christine Angus, the circular silk panel embroidered with four radiating female figures and floral panels in green, pink and white silk thread, framed unsigned, 51cm. diam.

Provenance

Purchased by Ambrose Heal about the time Angus was commissioned to produced designs for furniture inlay for Ambrose Heal, and also a silk embroidered Dalmatic, exhibited at the 1916 Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society.

Literature

Oliver Heal, Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory, 1897-1939, page 80 for a figural inlay by Christine Angus designed for Ambrose Heal's throne chair made for Christine's sister Joan. Illustrated.

The Studio Special - Modern Design in Jewellery and Fans, 1902, plate 43 for a design for a fan 'Sweat Peas' with comparable figures illustrated.