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Pattern, Needlework

Object Name:
Pattern, Needlework
Object ID:
1980.502.44
Description:
Pattern, needlework, floral. Page of small designs of fanciful flowers and animals. In center is a seated robed woman with a rabbit in her lap. Improbable fanciful flowers floating in the air over her head. Small insect to her left and further left is small bird with leaves and fruit. To her right is another small bird sitting on some stems of leaves and possibly two acorns. In the four corners are larger fanciful flowers. Below the figure and to left and right are smaller fanciful flowers. In lower left corner is small abstract snail figure. In lower right corner is partial rendition of a segmented insect. On back is some blue pencil tracing of patterns on front of tracing paper. At bottom center of sheet: "MIDDLE of 17th CENTURY". Further above that is a series or trail of small circles that wander in and among the design, but mostly at bottom.
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-17.9 W-23 inches
Credit Line:
New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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