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Quillwork coat of arms
Lydia Foster Hutchinson (American (Boston, Massachusetts), born in 1723)
1737
Object Place: Probably Boston, Massachusetts
Medium/Technique
Pine, gilded and colored paper, glass
Dimensions
Framed: 7.6 x 62.2 x 62.2 cm (3 x 24 1/2 x 24 1/2 in.) as displayed corner to corner
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Lois Lilly Howe
Accession Number57.714
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsMixed media
Quillwork objects were made of paper filigree or rolled paper, combined with wire, wax, glass, and other materials. This example includes the coat of arms of the Foster family and was initialed and dated by its young maker. Nearly every surviving example of American quillwork was made in or near Boston.
DescriptionQuill work "hatchment" lozenge form in shadow box. Foster arms worked in mostly reds and gold, flower tendrils on curved edge, LH and date below.