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Needlework Picture

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Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1850-1880

GUSN

GUSN-63694

Description

A needlework picture worked on a black ground depicting a man pulling a barge and two men standing before a mill.

Details

Descriptive Terms

needlework (visual works)
embroidering
wool (textile)
Wool
Canvaswork
Mill
Picture, Needlework

Associated Building

Used at Barrett House (New Ipswich, N.H.),

Additional Identification Number

P1124

Maker

Barrie, G. R. (Framer)

Location of Origin

Cambridge

Dimensions

30.375 x 43.25 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Caroline Barr Wade

Accession Number

1987.1034

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