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Crewelwork embroidery fragment
Fragment of a crewel-work border, one of three part
Crewelwork embroidery fragment
Elizabeth Parsons (Fogg) (American, 1718–1779)
American (New England)
About 1740
Object Place: Salisbury, Massachusetts, New England, United States; Place of Use: Kensington, New Hanpshire, United States
Medium/Technique
Linen and cotton plain weave with wool embroidery
Dimensions
Overall: 10.6 x 23.5 cm (4 3/16 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Textile Income Purchase Fund
Accession Number53.954b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
Description[One of] Three fragments of a crewelwork border; plain weave linen and cotton (linen warp in longer, horizontal direction) embroidered in scrolling floral pattern with dark, medium, and light blue wool; dark blue outlines of vine in stem stitch; dark blue dots inside vine in back stitch; flower motifs of all blues in Roumian couching or New England laid stitch; line drawn in ink visible on ground cloth where stitches worn away; said to be the handiwork of Mrs. Jeremiah Fogg, of Kensington, New Hampshire.