Flora Mitchell (1890-1973), Duke Street vases 23 x 16cm excluding frame

23 x 16cm excluding frame

Fast and smooth cutting action promotes a clean cut

with archival mount and glass

The art form is described in their manual as 'Needle-painting in Beehive Crewel Wools'

and this is a fine example of that

Flora Mitchell (1890-1973), Duke Street vases 23 x 16cm excluding frameMid 20th century ink and watercolour drawing of Duke Street in Dublin city centre, just off Grafton Street. The clothes, vehicles and street architecture capture another era. Flora Mitchell is best remembered for drawings just like this, architecturally accurate and detailed, whilst also atmospheric. A collection of her drawings were reproduced as a book, Vanishing Dublin, in 1966. Many of her works are in the collection of the National Gallery of