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Needlework frame

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1880-1910

GUSN

GUSN-17639

Description

This large grain-painted frame was for finished needlework, cut to fit a circular worked piece, its inner edge was cut with a molding plane and its edges are covered with canvas nailed in place.

Details

Descriptive Terms

embroidery (visual works)
needlework (visual works)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Frame, Picture

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

18.75 x 15.75 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.1799

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