P3 has note
| - This cover or hanging consists of sixty-one panels with the Royal Coat of Arms in the centre and figures symbolising the four continents in each corner. The subjects of the other panels include scenes from the Old and New Testaments of the Bible, images of the four evangelists, Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert, celebrated French and British military and naval heroes, well-known performers and actors, and episodes and characters from popular plays. The subject of each panel is identified with an embroidered title.
It is skillfully made of appliquéd wool and silk with some intarsia work. The figures are carefully depicted, their facial and bodily features, drapery, details of their clothes and accessories embroidered in polychrome silks in chain, satin, back and other flat stitches. In the case of the bears in the story of Elijah, the nap of the wool fabric has been raised to suggest their shaggy coats.
The identity of the maker is not known but similar quilts of known authorship were made by men, several of whom were tailors. (en)
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