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Set of unfinished embroidered handscreens, one of three
American
18th century
Object Place: USA
Medium/Technique
Linen ground with wool embroidery
Dimensions
37.5 x 35.3 cm (14 3/4 x 13 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number52.1395a
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CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionCoarse natural colored linen ground with design of polychrome flowers and leaves on an irregular dark reddish-brown ground worked with crewels in oriental stitch, center of screen unfinished shows design for basket on the linen, in one corner of the linen written in ink: Be a gook girl and do your screen!