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Wallhanging

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1885-1910

GUSN

GUSN-51289

Description

A sheer pale yellow silk panel that is hand painted. It displays daffodils in shades of yellow, green and brown. The top edge has eight yellow silk banding attached in yellow silk thread in a long stitch zig-zag pattern. The bottom edge has a woven band of yellow and beige with yellow and off-white pom-poms. The panel is painted on both sides.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wall hangings
oil paint (paint)
painting (coating)
silk (textile)
thread
textiles
weaving
floral patterns
thread
Silk
Fiddle Thread
Oil
Painted
Woven
Floral
Unidentified Textile
PICTURE

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

11.5 x 18.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.1166

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