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Crewelwork embroidery
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Bed valance
Crewelwork embroidery
American (New England)
around 1725
Object Place: New England, United States
Medium/Technique
Linen plain weave with wool embroidery, printed cotton binding (possibly added later) and silk repair stitching
Dimensions
25.8 x 202.8 cm (10 3/16 x 79 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Elmer Keith
Accession Number58.947
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CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionShaped bed valance; two pieces of linen plain weave with crewelwork floral motifs; trimmed with narrow piece of red, blue and brown chintz (very worn); thicker floral stems in herringbone stitch, outlines and thinner stems in stem stitch, hem stitch also used for some outline, berries and thinker edges of leaves and flowers in Roumanian couching or New England laid stitch, larger areas of filling in flowers in dense darning stitches made in various patterns
ProvenanceGift to MFA, 1958