Together with two later velvet cushions and a needlepoint cushion; a silk embroidery by Oliver Messel; and an embroidery fragment by Anne Messel, accompanied by two handwritten notes by Maud Messel
The fragment cushion: 23 x 15 in. (58.5 x 38 cm.)
The needlepoint cushion: 17¹⁄₂ x 17¹⁄₂ in. (44.5 x 44.5 cm.)
The two velvet cushions: 15¹⁄₂ x 15¹⁄₂ in. (39.5 x 39.5 cm.)
The embroidery by Oliver Messel: 13 x 18 in. (33 x 46 cm.)

Colonel and Mrs Leonard Messel, Nymans House, Sussex, and by descent.

The needlepoint cushion: R. Muir, ‘Double Exposure: Lord Snowdon’s Kensington Villa’, World of Interiors, January 2009, p. 146, illustrated in the drawing room.

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