Central head of a horned creature (gold) above a bright green beetle surrounded by fish wrapped in sunflower vines. Border of flowers and bugs at each side. Strong, deep colors of black, blue, red and yellow.

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Object Timeline

1990	Work on this object began.
1991	We acquired this object.
2013	We photographed this object.
2015	We photographed this object.
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Textile, Gargoyle, 1990

This is a Textile. It was company: Timorous Beasties. It is dated 1990 and we acquired it in 1991. Its medium is cotton and its technique is screen printed on supplementary warp pile (velvet) in plain weave foundation. It is a part of the Textiles department.

Linen border with silk fringe on one long edge, completely covered with deflected element embroidery in yellow silk. The pattern areas are reserved in the linen ground fabric, along with one long rectangle reserved as if for an inscription. Paired confronted cherubs alternate with interlocking branches terminating in human heads at both ends. All motifs are outined in green silk; black beads for eyes; red beads as centers of rosettes.

Border (Italy), 16th–17th century
silk embroidery, linen foundation, glass beads.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1896-1-101

Handle in the form of a stag beetle grasping a mouse at the end of a leaf.

Dessert Fork (France), ca. 1890
silver.
Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program,....
1996-56-20

Its dimensions are

H x W: 339 × 121 cm (11 ft. 1 7/16 in. × 47 5/8 in.) Repeat H: 67.5 cm (26 9/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Textile, Gargoyle, 1990; Company: Timorous Beasties (United Kingdom); Scotland; cotton; H x W: 339 × 121 cm (11 ft. 1 7/16 in. × 47 5/8 in.) Repeat H: 67.5 cm (26 9/16 in.); 1991-121-1

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DvGe/
Accession Number 1991-121-1
Object ID 18635529