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Chair seat with shepherdess and piping shepherd
Embroidered by: Rooksby Creese (American, born in Boston, 1703)
American
Colonial
second quarter 18th century
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
Wool and silk threads embroidered on linen ground with shepherdess and piping shepherd
Dimensions
49.3 x 62 cm (19 7/16 x 24 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Lois Lilley Howe
Accession Number41.769
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceRooksby Creese through family to Lily Lois Howe; gift to the MFA, November 13, 1941.