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Crewelwork embroidery
Fragment from a valance or bed curtain
Crewelwork embroidery
American (New England)
mid-18th century
Object Place: New England, USA
Medium/Technique
Linen plain weave with wool embroidery
Dimensions
61 x 20.5 cm (24 x 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Stephen B. Ames
Accession Number58.1168
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFragment from a crewelwork valance or bed curtain; hemmed at bottom; mostly embroidered in Roumanian couching or New England laid stitch, except thin stems in stem stitch and strawberries in woven stitch; strawberries, two swans, two flowers, and a butterfly within green, blue, and yellow striped mound; three blue flower centers on left with black lamb at top and remnants of beige lamb on right; holes where flower was originally embroidered on far right