Embroidered panels

Annie Maud Bowden
Australia
1893 – 1970

Embroidered panels
c.1914
silk embroidery thread on linen ground
Place made
Adelaide
Medium
silk embroidery thread on linen ground
Credit line
Gift of Alastair Hunter OAM in memory of his paternal grandmother, Annie Maud Hunter, nee Bowden, through the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation 2024
Accession number
20243A20A
Signature and date
Not signed. Not dated.
Provenance
Created by Annie Maud Bowden; then by descent to Alastair Hunter (Grandson); (Private Collection); Purchased by Andrew Whitehead (dealer); Gifted to the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 2024.
Collection area
Australian Decorative Arts and Design
Copyright
© estate of Annie Maud Bowden
Image credit
Photo: Saul Steed

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    The establishment of the government run Adelaide School of Design in 1881 saw enormous numbers of women educated in painting, repoussé, embroidery, and wood carving. Women were the main producers and buyers of hand-painted ceramics, often acquiring pieces to mark special occasions such as birthdays or weddings. A group of artists from the Adelaide School of Design were among those who exhibited at the First Australian Exhibition of Women’s Work in Melbourne in 1907. Artists including Marmie Venner, Maida Wright and Floy Hubble exhibited widely and were well known in their lifetimes.

     

    Recent research has revived an interest in this period, particularly Adelaide’s intimate relationship with the British Arts and Crafts movement and the association between vocational training, suffrage, and women’s rights.

    Ingrid Goetz, Vernon-Roberts Assistant Curator of Decorative Arts & Design

  • [Book] Abbott, Michael, Bennett, James, et al. A Shared Vision: The Hunter Collection.