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Needlework Picture

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1790-1810

GUSN

GUSN-56717

Description

A needlework picture consisting of a central bouquet of pink, yellow, blue flowers surrounded by a pink rose vine wreath on an ivory satin ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

needlework (visual works)
embroidering
silk (textile)
Silk
Embroidered
Picture, Needlework

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

19.375 x 17.875 x 1.25 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.1786

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