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Location
| Street: | Spitalfield Lane |
| Town: | Chichester |
| Parish: | Chichester |
| Council: | Chichester District Council |
| County: | West Sussex |
| Postcode: | PO19 6SE |
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| Object setting: | Inside building |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | St. Richard's Hospital, back stairwell leading to the main hospital reception area |
| In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
| Page: | 140 |
| Grid reference: | D5 |
| The A-Z books used are A-Z East Sussex and A-Z West Sussex (Editions 1A 2005). Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd. Sevenoaks. | |
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Makers
| Name : | Carol Naylor |
| Role: | Artist |
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | Donated by Art for St. Richard’s |
| Construction period: | 1997 |
| Installation date: | 1997 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | St. Richard's Hospital, Chichester |
| Object listing: | Not listed |
| Description: | The three machine embroidered panels depict observations of doorways and window shapes from old Chichester. The colours were suggested by the skies and fields of late Summer and Autumn and the siennas, slate blues and greys can be found in Sussex slate and brickwork. The work is hung on a stairway landing, and can be approached from below or above. The windows and doorways provide focal points from both directions.’ |
| Iconographical description: | ‘This triptych was commissioned for the opening of the new building at St Richards Hospital Trust, Chichester in 1997. The theme for this triptych was ''Downland to the Sea''. Observations of windows and doorways from the Chichester area contain finely stitched fragments based on the local landscape. |
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Classification
| Categories: | Sculptural, Composite |
| Object type1: | Panel |
| Subject type1: | Pictorial |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Central panel (of triptych) |
| Material: | Rayon, cotton and metallic threads onto canvas |
| Height (cm): | 155 |
| Width (cm): | 65 |
| Part 2: | End panels (of triptych) |
| Material: | Rayon, cotton and metallic threads onto canvas |
| Height (cm): | 152 |
| Width (cm): | 53 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 28/07/2008 |
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History
| History: | The hangings were created using an ordinary domestic sewing machine. By removing the presser foot and lowering the machine teeth the needle is freed. The fabric can then be moved in all directions, thus the needle becomes the ‘paint brush and pencil’ and the threads the ‘palette’. The use of different types of threads and the speed with which the fabric can be manipulated causes the base material to distort, resulting in soft, sculptural qualities which in turn catch the light. These are an inherent part of the process, so the embroidery is left in this state and is not meant to be flat as in more traditional works.
(St. Richard's Hospital information sheet) |
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References
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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