A Victorian needlework panel depicting Belle Isle, Lake Windermere, England, late 19th century/early 20th century

Property from the Curwen collections at Workington Hall, Ewanrigg Hall and Belle Isle, Cumbria

A Victorian needlework panel depicting Belle Isle, Lake Windermere, England, late 19th century/early 20th century

worked in polychrome silk threads depicting the domed building surmounted with a flag, with female figures on the steps and a gondola being rowed on the lake in the foreground, reflections of the trees visible across the foreground, mounted within a later ebonised glazed frame

framed: 83cm. high, 73cm. wide

textile (visible): 74cm. high, 65cm. wide