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Panel of embroidery: Formal Garden
French or English
1690–1700
Object Place: France or England
Medium/Technique
Linen, embroidery
Dimensions
78 x 59 cm (30 11/16 x 23 1/4 in.); Legacy dimension: H: about 28 in.; W: about 24 in.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Samuel Cabot
Accession Number49.36
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionLoosely-woven linen tabby ground, embroidered in tent stitch with polychrome silks and crewels and silver yarns. A garden park with long Palladian building at far end flanked by twin chinoserie pavillions or aviaries (? E. Welch); hedges and trees beyond. Middle and foreground filled with trees in pots, birds, dogs, monkeys, fashionably dressed men and women, etc. Elaborate fountain in center. Faded, stained. Silver tarnished. Brown crewels partly rotted out.