Cover, Chair Seat
- Object Name:
- Cover, Chair Seat
- Object ID:
- 2002.625.03
- Date:
- 1860-1940
- Description:
- Needlepoint or Berlin work intended for interior decoration. Possibly for a chair seat cover but never fashioned into one. Embroidered on a canvas ground (jute?) with continental stitches of three-ply Z-twist worsted wool yarns. Center motif of red, purple, and pink roses, surrounded by purple and white hydrangea with blue background. Canvas 0.50" with 1" of fringe on all four edges. Pinhole-sized marks on edges consistent with marking caused from mounting on an embroidery frame. Four corner edges cropped.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool
Bast - Dimensions:
- W-22 L-26.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Found in collection.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Needlework, Textiles, Embroidery, Needlepoint, Wool, Flowers, Roses, Hydrangea, Needlepoint, Berlin Work, Petit point
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