made for the Riches of Stitches exhibition at the Collins Gallery, Glasgow

it was purchased for Rachel B Kay-Shuttleworth Collection, Gawthorpe Hall, Burnley, Lancashire

inspired by a dream & 16thC tooled armour & a solar topee, the techniques are drawing, painting & machine embroidery on antung silk; a chess-piece knight with feathers is its finial

the scarf is painted silk organza

the hatstand is a painted plastic sword impailed in plaster