Historical information

Embroidered by Lesley Uren for an exhibition at The Meat Market Craft Centre in 1998

Significance

The Princess Theatre was built in 1854 and rebuilt in 1886 to a design by noted Melbourne architect William Pitt. The Princess Theatre is the oldest surviving entertainment venue on mainland Australia. The theatre is built in an elaborate Second Empire style, reflecting the opulence of the "Marvellous Melbourne" boom period. Lesley Uren is an important exponent of metal thread embroidery (Goldwork) and a founding member of the Embroiderers Guild Victoria and was awarded an OAM in 2013. Lesley is a prolific embroiderer with many of her works hanging in exhibitions, museums, schools and churches across Australia.

Physical description

Embroidered picture of the front of The Princess Theatre, Melbourne: worked in gold metal threads on grey silk fabric

Inscriptions & markings

Princess Theatre