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When she was a child her mother, Jane Morris, and her aunt Bessie Burden taught her to make   large scale embroideries in crewel work (wool). They were based on Morris’s medieval models.   She was also encouraged to design for herself. In 1885 she took over the embroidery section of   the firm. She took on Morris & Co. after her father’s death and continued to provide designs for   them. These were for embroideries both large and small. Some were carried out by women at   the Royal School of Needlework.","physicalDescription":"Tracing of an embroidery design showing a floral pattern within a circular border, the whole enclosed within a square in the angles of which are single formalised birds with outspread wings.  Pounced for transfer.  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