Cloth Fragment
- Object Name:
- Cloth Fragment
- Object ID:
- 1964.034.02
- Creator:
- Thompson, Lucinda G. (1802-1878)
- Place of Origin:
- Henniker, NH
- Date:
- 1836
- Description:
- Embroidered Cloth Fragment. Made by Lucinda G. Thompson (1802-1878), Henniker, NH; 1836. Silk embroidery of Z-twist two-ply silk floss in white, tan, black, purple, and pink on a satin ground fabric. Incomplete design of two birds, one in flight and one perched, embroidered with long and short satin, outlining, and stem stitches. Three sides have raw edges, left side is selvedge.
- Material:
- Textile
Satin - Dimensions:
- W-14.5 L-13.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Gift of Elizabeth van Praag Dudley. Made by donor's great grandmother, Lucinda Gould Proctor Thompson (1802-1878), who was the mother of poet Edna Dean Proctor.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Elizabeth von Praag Dudley
- People:
- Thompson, Lucinda G. (1802-1878)
- Subjects:
- Birds
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