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Crewelwork embroidery
Bed curtain
Crewelwork embroidery
American
second quarter of the 18th century
Object Place: Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Linen plain weave embroidered with wool
Dimensions
Overall: 215.9 x 222.3 cm (85 x 87 1/2 in.) (Max)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Daniel P. Staniford
Accession Number42.390a
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionCrewelwork bed curtain; plain weave linen ground (two lengths and one piece running vertically) with wool embroidery in five rows of large tree and flower motifs alternating with smaller ones; polychrome parrot in tree at center of fourth row from top; most of shaded areas in the mounds, leaves, flowers, fruit, trees, and bird in Roumanian couching or New England laid stitch; narrow stems and outlines in stem stitch; dots in flowers and leaves in seed stitch; rows of dots in mounds in darning stitch; acorn cups and some flower centers in grid of threads couched with stem stitch
ProvenanceLent by Mrs. Daniel Staniford, September 14, 1928.