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F. F. Richtrigt (Dutch)
Dutch
1813
Object Place: Holland
Medium/Technique
Linen plain weave embroidered with silk and linen
Dimensions
54 x 53.6 cm (21 1/4 x 21 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.954
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionSquare central compartment with motif of two men, in profile, carrying a bar across their shoulders which supports a large grape bunch. (Caleb and Jacob returning from the Promised Land). Border of bands with Dutch names. Flanked by several rows of two and three letters. Repeating floral grouping in a basket and reindeer motives, surrounded by characteristic cross-like designs. Date apears in corner beneath a crown. Polychrome silk yarns, in various stitches, on a cream colored cotton ground. Slightly soiled.
ProvenanceGift of Elizabeth Day McCormick to MFA, 1943