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Needlework Picture

Collection Type

  • Textiles

GUSN

GUSN-38946

Description

Cross stitch picture on worsted wool ground and worked with wool thread and beads. Depicts a beaded angel holding a child. Polychromatic beads in white, milk white, crystal, grays, black and brown. Rectangular wood frame with gilt inner edge.

Details

Descriptive Terms

needlework (visual works)
wool (textile)
cross stitch
beads by form
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Picture, Needlework

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

29 x 26 3/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Newton Webber Lamson

Accession Number

1937.1325

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