Of trapezoidal form, solidly worked in crewel yarns. A basket of flowers and a butterfly are in shades of rose, yellow, blue, green, brown and beige on a aquamarine ground. Various stitches are used, including couching, whip-stitch, and french knots on a linen foundation backed with green wool and edged in blue wool tape.
cushions
crewelwork (technique)
embroidering
wool (textile)
Cushion
Cushion
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
13 1/2 x 14 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.465
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