Pattern, Needlework
- Object Name:
- Pattern, Needlework
- Object ID:
- 1980.012.02.06
- Description:
- Needlework pattern, floral, pen and ink design on laid paper. Caplet. Design shape, big drop with straight narrow, small end. Single line around design, drop-shaped with flat, narrow end. On outside of line, pointed teeth or triangles side-by-side. On inside of main line, undulating stem parallel to outside edge. Undulating stem, an alternating design either inside or outside of stem. Design is 3-circle blossom on looping stem with three small leaves on either end. Center of loop attached to undulating stem. Opposite attachment point, single pointed leaf. Same cluster repeated but on opposite side at next curve in stem. Petal and leaf group always on concave side. That alternating pattern goes all the way around design except for arcs at flat end. Adjacent to flat end, two small circles with dot between them. Blossom and leaf design repeats inside undulating stem. Orientation of it, alternates left to right as it progresses downward. After three groups, it becomes two groups wide. Then single group, then finally two groups wide at bottom of that design inside a long stem.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-6.1 W-4.7 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Joseph and Amelia Theriault
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