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Crewelwork embroidery
Set of fragments of a petticoat border
Crewelwork embroidery
Attributed to: Catherine Woods Brigham (American, born in 1733)
American
mid-18th century
Object Place: Marlboro, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Linen plain weave embroidered with wool
Dimensions
192.7 x 21 cm (75 7/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
John Wheelock Elliot and John Morse Elliot Fund
Accession Number25.186a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionLarge section of a petticoat border of plain weave linen embroidered with polychrome wool (crewelwork); Roumanian couching stitch used for most of solid areas in leaves, fruit, and trunks of trees and the yellow, green, and blue ground area, as well as butterflies, birds, parrot in tree, squirrels, stag, dogs, rabbits, and house; stem stitch used for thinner branches and outlines; satin, flat, and running stitches may also have been used
ProvenanceAccording to note from seller, the petticoat border descended through maker's family; Catherine Woods Brigham to Mrs. Daniel Rice (Sabrina Brigham) to Catherine Rice to Miss Anna Tower; sold to seller by Mrs. Jennie A. Worster of Weymouth, a niece of Anna Tower