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.
needlework (visual works)
wool (textile)
cross stitch
beads by form
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Picture, Needlework
Unknown
29 x 26 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. Newton Webber Lamson
1937.1325
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