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Chair Seat Cover Fragment

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

ca. 1850

GUSN

GUSN-8995

Description

Square canvas panel embroidered with polychromatic wool berlinwork in olive green diamond gridwork; individual leaves placed inside each having different ground color.

Details

Descriptive Terms

chairs (furniture forms)
covers (overlying objects)
Berlin woolwork
canvas
embroidering
upholstery
wool (textile)
Cover, Furnishing
Cover, Chair Seat
Cover, Chair Seat

Maker

Whiting, Lucy Loring (Barker) (Maker)

Dimensions

21 x 21 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Austin Smith

Accession Number

1962.115

Places

Probably

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