Scarf, Bureau
- Object Name:
- Scarf, Bureau
- Object ID:
- 1978.037.04
- Place of Origin:
- New England
- Date:
- 1800-1840
- Description:
- Bureau Scarf. Stuffed work; rectangle of white cotton finely backstitched with the design of a vessel of flowers surrounded on three sides with a border design of a grapevine. The back of the piece is a loosely woven cotton through which loose cotton is pushed into the motifs to stuff them and make them three-dimensional. Background remains unstuffed, which creates puckers. The sides are finished with a knife edge, which is very finely overcast.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-33 L-23.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a group of textiles and accessories collected by the donor.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of William L. Warren
- People:
- Warren, William L. (1912-1998)
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