Pattern, Needlework

Object Name:

Pattern, Needlework

Object ID:

1980.502.48

Description:

Pattern, needlework, birds. Paper with pencil designs. At one time sheet folded in half and partial pencil rendering made on each half. On bottom half is a sketch of a bird in center facing right and some pencil notations on and adjacent to the bird. Near bird's head: "another color". On neck in pencil script: "darkest / darken / darker". Further down on breast of bird: "very li". Below that just above leg: "dark / mag". All together below bird are eight words over each other in pencil script: "darkest blu / next " (ditto marks) " /d. green" / bluish gr." / "yel. gr." / "lighter- / "yellow" / "lighter-" Below bird trailing off to right is irregular shape with continuous line with lots of curves. At one point in line are some short pencil lines radiating away from it. Written adjacent to line is "l y gr." Below that at center is outline of one leaf and outline of small bird above it. On bird are some lines and notation: "y. gr. yl". Leaf below it has spelled out amongst leaves "rose lined in". Adjacent to it "dark gr.". To left of bird lightly penciled in is very sketchy design of a stem, three sub stems, four leaves, five blossoms. A little sketch of blossom with three petals. Below that is word "tan". On other half of sheet on left side is a sketchy bird with heavy stem and three other stems, two blossoms, leaf cluster. Heavy pencil line below that. Three fruits on stem very simply drawn. At top of this at left is written: "pale violet gray over one blossom". Over other blossom is "cerise" and below that is "purplish". At bottom below the heavy pencil line representing ground: "darkest green or blue"; below that: "three greens yellow green to yellow". In center is very rough sketch of three vertical plant elements. One on left is "d. blue to white". "li green blue dark". On right-hand plant: "li green blue to gr.". On far right is rough sketch of perhaps blossom, several leaves and stem. Written "li yel soft ....... megeta". Below that is "darken". Further down are two "li y" in two places. Another "li y" and another "magenta".

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-23.4 W-17.9 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection