Long narrow strip of plain woven wool embellished with a repeating embroidered scroll and floral design. Worked in crewel yarns. The vine and leaves are in shades of blue. The flowers are in shades of yellow, pink, and purple. Bottom edge is decorated with buttonhole stitching. Top edge was once turned under and stitched.
needlework (visual works)
wool (textile)
embroidering
Needlework
Needlework
Woods, Susanna (Embroiderer)
MA
6 (H) (inches)
Gift of Miss Susan E. Swallow
1945.454
Dunstable (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
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