Designs, Period.
Section IIIB: Single Designs (Oxburgh)

The Oxburgh hangings are needlework panels of colored silk cross-stitch on canvas, which have been appliquéd to a green cloth background. They are believed to have been worked by Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth, Countess of Shrewsbury, and their ladies, and many contain the Queen's cipher and/or badges. These designs are from 16" by 16" octagons.

A. English c. 1570 Oxburgh hangings (T.29-1955): marigolds turning to the sun (56 high by 108 wide)
(photographed in Sebba, in Swain, and in King & Levey)

Plate 30.

The tops of the thistles are white shading down through beige to tan.

A. English c. 1570 Oxburgh hangings: thistle (61 high by 24 wide)

B. English c. 1570 Oxburgh hangings: thistle (67 high by 21 wide)

C. English c. 1570 Oxburgh hangings: flower (17 high by 18 wide)

D. English c. 1570 Oxburgh hangings: flower (18 high by 17 wide)

E. English c. 1570 Oxburgh hangings: frog (26 high by 31 wide)
This was charted from a black and white photograph.

(all photographed in Swain)

A. English c. 1570 Oxburgh hangings: large crown (45 high by 74 wide)

B. English c. 1570 Oxburgh hangings: small crown (10 high by 11 wide)

C. English c. 1570 Oxburgh hangings: small crown (9 high by 12 wide)

D. English c. 1570 Oxburgh hangings: part of masoned wall and tiled floor (37 high by 38 wide; wall: 6 repeat vertically by average 13 repeat horizontally; floor: average 20 repeat vertically by average 7 repeat horizontally)

(all photographed in Swain)

A. English c. 1570 Oxburgh hangings: pheasant (78 high by 132 wide: in two sections to fit the chart)

Even as originally executed, the pheasant's tail "would not fit...the remainder of its long tail was laid neatly above its body." (Swain)
(photographed in Swain)