Pattern, Needlework
- Object Name:
- Pattern, Needlework
- Object ID:
- 1980.012.02.02
- Description:
- Needlework pattern on net, floral, pencil, pen and ink design. Piece of very open, woven textile in one corner. Part of design sewn into textile and laid over ink design that it replicates. Textile about 4" x 2.5". Pattern quarter pattern that goes around right-angle corner. Pattern consists of arcs joined together. In bottom of each arc pointing inward is fanciful blossom. Blossom consists of stem. Two small, opposing leaves on stem. Blossom consists of small circle in center. Four petals at right angles to each other at center. Ends of each petal, 3 pointed lobes. Inside of this line of small petals, 3 fanciful flower clusters. One in corner consists of long, curving stem with some opposing leaves on it. Near bottom, long lobed leaf on stem. Above that, two fanciful blossoms different from each other, one on each side of stem. At base of stem, two, slightly-larger, pointed leaves. On either side of this corner cluster, single blossom clusters that are similar. They consist of same rough shape as one in corner, but their two opposing blossoms slightly different.
- Material:
- Paper
Textile - Dimensions:
- H-9 W-10.4 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Joseph and Amelia Theriault
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