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Pattern, Needlework

Object Name:
Pattern, Needlework
Object ID:
1980.012.02.20
Description:
Needlework pattern, floral, pen ink design on paper. Brown ink on wove paper. Edge design along one side. Four crude arches connected together with scalloped pattern around outside. Each arch on inside, three leaf clusters on short stem. On right side of arch, at connecting point on two alternate arches, fanciful flower roughly repeated once. Flower consists of thick stem. Two sub-stems with lobed leaves extending from either side. At end of stem, fanciful blossom, somewhat elongated with flat end. Five double-lobed petals extending from end of each blossom. Below that, and perhaps associated with it, row of three small floral clusters of single leaf with three lobes and blossom with 5 lobes. Further down paper, another row of fanciful blossom with lobes around its edge and short stem at its base with three leaves. Between blossoms, single small blossom with circular center and 5 small lobes around it. Below that, row of 5-lobed blossoms, alternating with different fanciful flower and three lobed leaves.
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-7.2 W-7.7 inches
Credit Line:
Gift of Joseph and Amelia Theriault
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