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Johanna Zehrer (German)
German
19th century
Object Place: Germany
Medium/Technique
Wool plain weave embroidered with silk
Dimensions
54 x 28 cm (21 1/4 x 11 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.980
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionRectangular piece of cream wool gauze embroidered with polychrome silk yarns in fine cross stitch and backed with paper. Top third devoted to seven styles of upper and lower case alphabets, plus numbers, in horizontal rows. Remaining field; central feature, a shield, with a crown crest, flanked by a pair of rampant lions and the partial date 18--. Above this is the name "Johanna Zehrer". Filling the surrounding field are bucolic scenes plus various plant and animal motives. Some small holes in ground.
ProvenanceGift of Elizabeth Day McCormick to MFA, 1943