Needlework picture on silk ground; worked in a round format in green, gold, blue, and brown threads in variety of needlework stitches and knots; depicts shepardess feeding two sheep under a tree with hills, pond, and trees beyond; painted features and figure, sky, and background; enclosed with a reverse painted glass matt (black with gilt star-like devices) and square, molded and beaded giltwood frame.
needlework (visual works)
embroidering
painting (coating)
silk (textile)
Federal
Silk
Embroidered
Painted
Federal
PICTURE, NEEDLEWORK
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
16 3/4 x 16 3/8 (HxW), 11 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.301
Massachusetts (United States)
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