Picture, Needlework

Title:

Old Concord Industries

Object Name:

Picture, Needlework

Object ID:

1964.008A

Creator:

Willis, Mary F. (1883-1964)

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

1941

Description:

Embroidered picture. "OLD CONCORD INDUSTRIES," worked in many colors of mercerized cotton embroidery thread. The title is stitched within a banner across the top. The scene depicts a birds-eye view of a main road with side streets down the center. On either side of the street are depicted various industries represented by objects, including a barrel, wagon wheel, train, stage coach, wall clock and tall case clock, bed, teapot and sugar bowl, boot, horse head, chair, piano, anvil, "STATE HOUSE," a building labeled "EAGLE," a whip, a framed portrait, a musical instrument [violin or bass], a ballot box, "COURT HOUSE," an early motor car, wood stove, "HOLY BIBLE," a spoon, a plow, and a top hat. [All of these industries are explained in a typed note in the document file.] Across the lower part of the scene is a river with a sailboat, and pine trees along the shore. The scene is embroidered on plain-woven linen with a variety of stitches, including buttonhole, chain, outline, satin, and long-and-short. It is inscribed in gold-colored thread at lower left: "MARY F. WILLIS 1941." The linen is mounted onto corrugated cardboard. The edges are taped on the back with brown tape printed with "BROWN & SALTMARSH, / STATIONERS / OFFICE OUTFITTERS / 61 No. MAIN ST. CONCORD, N.H. / Merchandise, 4th Class Mail, Postmaster: This / parcel may be opened for postal inspection if necessary." Typescript list of 28 Concord businesses attached to backing paper: "Old Concord Industries. Begin at south end, go north on west side of Main Street, then south on east side, once was found -". Framed.

Material:

Textile
Cotton

Dimensions:

H-15.3 W-26.6 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of Ruth F. Holst

People:

Willis, Mary F. (1883-1964), Holst, Ruth Fernald (1887-1979)

Subjects:

Needlework, Embroidery