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Crewelwork fragment (probably from bed hanging)
Embroidery
Crewelwork fragment (probably from bed hanging)
American
second quarter of the 18th century
Object Place: New England, United States
Medium/Technique
Cotton and linen plain weave with wool embroidery
Dimensions
27 x 46.5 cm (10 5/8 x 18 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Gerturde Townsend
Accession Number53.327
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFragment of crewel work, probably from a bed hanging; pattern flowering stem with berries, New England laid stitch (or Roumanian coaching) predominant stitch, most of main stem gone but smaller stems in chain or stem stitch, berries and some flowers in dense spirals of stem stitch, yellow centers of pick and red flowers in bullion stitch, yellow grid of chain stitch in pomegranate and yellow flower of left