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Needlework picture

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1900-1930

GUSN

GUSN-18066

Description

This unfinished Berlin-work pattern backed with pink and yellow ribbons depicts a red vase entwined by a serpent surmounted by a green wreath.

Details

Descriptive Terms

needlework (visual works)
Berlin woolwork
satin
wool (textile)
Wool
Satin
Berlinwork
Picture, Needlework

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Probably Tucker, Jane Armstrong, 1866-1964 (Maker)

Dimensions

5.25 x 3.75 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.4738

Places

Maine (United States)

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