Pattern, Needlework

Object Name:

Pattern, Needlework

Object ID:

1995.655.05

Description:

Needlework Pattern, Girl Boy. Paper pounce pattern. Water marks: "BOSTON BOND", one complete, two partial. Ten blue areas pounce material and one gray area. Designs, upper left corner, small boy facing left, wearing slippers, long pants with three buttons at top, overblouse with three vertical buttons, loose, floppy collar, some adornment around end of left hand that is hanging down. In left hand, he is holding two stems with petals and blossoms hanging off; upper right corner, slightly detailed, but fanciful blossom with petals, 5-pointed star below. Below that, tall ceramic pitcher, handle left side, petals with stems and leaves around it. Narrow horizontal band in neck of pitcher; rounded handle, bulbous area where it attaches on side of body. To left of that, small insect. Below insect, bird facing left, possible pigeon. To right of pigeon, small, simple floral group. Below bird, anchor with rope entwined. To right, woman's head in sunbonnet, facing right. This part is in the pounce design but below is the complete figure of this woman, simple shoes, long dress, long coat over it. Knot under her chin for sunbonnet. Has scarf on shoulders on coat. Left arm hanging straight down. Right arm has slight bend at elbow; has rectangular object she's clutching in her hand, object with mitered corners. To right of her, simple butterfly. Below that "$" with imaginative serif at ends. Below "$", two vertical arrows pointing at each other with space in between. On either side of that space are two circles. On left side, imaginative short design of four scallops and four circles, connected together. Three more simple flowers to end up bottom of page.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-21.9 W-6.9 inches