1745-1810
GUSN-26118
A needlework picture depicting a white urn or vase of flowers on a brown-colored ground, in a stylized polychrome "tree-of-life" form with a bird of paradise in the top branches. The needlework is laid out in a vertically-oriented rectangle, framed in a modern wood frame and is under glass.
needlework (visual works)
linen (material)
wool (textile)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Aves (class)
tree of life (general motif)
Linen
Wool
Tree-of-Life
Bird
Picture, Needlework
Gilman Garrison House (Exeter, N.H.),
Unknown
15.5 x 11.75 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of William Perry Dudley
1966.1385
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