Description
For a limited time, the original hand embroidered panels of Kensington Whitework are available for purchase. All panels are in stock and ready to ship. The Kensington Whitework mural is 6 panels wide, each 36″ wide by 108″ tall. This original is hand embroidered and painted on silk paper suitable for standard wall covering installation by a professional.
The “Kensington Whitework” mural is inspired by English “whitework” bed curtains embroidered in chinoiserie style around 1690-1730, and now in the Colonial Williamsburg collection. The curtains feature flowering trees springing from rocky mounds, ponds with wading birds, reeds, grasses, and flowers, all naturalistically arranged. The designs show the English fascination with Chinese style in that era of expanding world trade. Paul Montgomery’s team replicated the exquisite hand embroidery as part of the development of this mural, which is printed on six panels. Actual print does not include embroidery, only a visual replication.
The inaugural WILLIAMSBURG Mural Collection X Paul Montgomery re-envisions the rich design archive of Colonial Williamsburg the world’s largest living history museum, within a modern sensibility. Sales of WILLIAMSBURG products support Colonial Williamsburg’s missions of education, preservation, and engaged citizenship – “That the future may learn from the past.”
