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Needlework Picture

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1809-1810

GUSN

GUSN-46497

Description

Needlework picture; oval, pastoral scene depicting shepard and shepardess; shepard plays a pipe. Silkwork picture, satin stitch; watercolor sky, arms, hands, faces of figures.

Details

Descriptive Terms

needlework (visual works)
embroidering
silk (textile)
watercolor (paint)
Needlework
Needlework

Inscription

""Attention/Wrought by Ruth Alley"" (reverse glass paint)
""Looking Glasses"/ "Bernard Cermenati"/ [long description of services] (label on back of frame)

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

13 x 10 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Alice and Emil Ahlborn

Accession Number

1961.147

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