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Embroidered by: Elizabeth Baker (American (New England))
American
1773
Object Place: New England, USA
Medium/Technique
Linen plain weave embroidered with silk, wool, and metallic thread
Dimensions
29 x 39.4 cm (11 7/16 x 15 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Henry E. Burr
Accession Number52.1133
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionPicture of Adam and Eve in the garden embroidered onto linen canvas with wools, in browns, taupes, yellow-greens, neutral yellow, deep cream, blues, pink and white, and silks, in blue, yellow, white, blue, light neutral yellow, bluish-greens, gray (probably faded purple) and browns, and a little metal thread; in tent, cross, satin and knot stitch; design shows Adam and Eve standing under tree around which serpent is wound in landscape with hillocks, wooly lambs, rabbit, dog, birds, insects, and flowers throughout background; "Elizabeth Baker's Wrought in the Year, 1773" near top.