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Crewelwork embroidery
Part of a bed cover
Crewelwork embroidery
American
third quarter of the 18th century
Object Place: New England, United States
Medium/Technique
Linen plain weave with wool embroidery
Dimensions
Overall: 23.5 x 120 cm (9 1/4 x 47 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Henrietta Page
Accession Number26.273b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWhite linen embroidered in crewel stitches with two shades of blue wool, in a design of meandering vine with conventional leaves and flowers; solid areas within flowers and leaves in Roumanian couching or New England laid stitch; thinner stems and outlines in stem stitch; thicker stems and blue border in herringbone stitch (border embroidered later, when bed curtain cut apart); dots in leaves and flowers at in French knots and cross stitch; dotted lines inside petals of flowers in running stitch
ProvenanceGift to the MFA, 1927