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1770-1800
GUSN-55965
Framed silk on silk embroidered scene of a variety of birds in flight and on branches and the ground. Multi-colored silk threads on white silk background. Label on rear from J.F. Cabot, Boston, frames.
needlework (visual works)
embroidering
silk (textile)
Picture, Needlework
Original to Josiah Quincy House (Quincy, Mass.),
Cabot, J. F. (Framer)
Boston, MA, USA
18 1/4 x 15 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Edmund Quincy
1972.43
Massachusetts (United States)
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