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Phebe Hart (American)
early 19th century
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
Linen plain weave embroidered with silk
Dimensions
22 x 23 cm (8 11/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Edward C. Moore, and Miss Mary Magoun Brown, in memory of their mother, Mrs. John Crosby Brown
Accession Number50.4007
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionLoosely woven linen ground embroidered in cross stitch, angular strawberry vine, border with double dentate bottom border, alphabet letters at top, in lower half: "Phebe Daughter of Asa and Rebeckah Hart who finish her work June the 7 18- when I am ded laid in my Grave and all my bones are rotten when this you see remember me least i should be forgotten Phebe hart." A few yellowish stains, hemmed on three sides, selvedge on right side.
ProvenanceGift of Mrs. Edward C. Moore and Miss Mary Magoun Brown to MFA, 1950