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Needlework cross set

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

ca. 1850

GUSN

GUSN-25419

Description

Perforated paper embroidered w/ white beads. Various cross shapes in Berlinwork.

Details

Descriptive Terms

samplers (embroidery)
needlework (visual works)
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
Berlin woolwork
paper (fiber product)
thread
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
thread
Unidentified Paper
Fiddle Thread
Beaded
Berlinwork
Picture, Needlework

Associated Building

Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2.25 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman

Accession Number

1985.590A-E

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