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Crewelwork embroidery
Cover for a chair seat
Crewelwork embroidery
American
second quarter of the 18th century
Object Place: Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Cotton and linen twill (fustian), wool embroidery
Dimensions
46.3 x 56.5 cm (18 1/4 x 22 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Samuel Bradstreet
Accession Number24.361
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionChair seat of cotton and linen twill (fustian) embroidered with wool (crewelwork); two pieces of ground cloth with abutting seam across top; embroidered on lower left with stag seated on rolling hills in green, yellow, and blue bands with leaves, flowers, and strawberries; hills on right covered with blades of grass; large tree with swirled fruit and pointed leaves on left; small multicolored bird standing on green and yellow mound; large multicolored bird at center standing on flowering stump; small multicolored bird between stump and large tree with rose on right; leaping stag in front of tree on right; red, mauve, and yellow butterfly at top center; most of design in New England laid stitch or Roumanian couching and some satin stitch; thinner lines, such as the blades of grass, thin branches, and butterfly antennae, in stem/outline stitch; small area of yellowish green cross stitches at bass of tree on right; made to go with 19.67 and 19.596-610; cotton weft is vertical and linen warp is horizontal because textile was rotated 90 degrees before embroidering
ProvenanceInherited by Samuel Bradstreet; Gift to the MFA, 1924