Picture, Needlework
- Object Name:
- Picture, Needlework
- Object ID:
- 1925.008.02
- Creator:
- Peirce, Jane (1721-176?)
- Place of Origin:
- Newburyport, MA
- Date:
- 1734
- Description:
- Needlework picture. Made by Jane Pierce (1721-176?), Newburyport, MA; 1734. Small canvaswork picture of a tree with birds. The linen canvas is worked in tent stitch with crewel [worsted] yarns at about thirty stitches to the inch with a design of a stylized tree blossoming with yellow, white, and pink flowers and berries. Two large birds sit in the tree; one is yellow and the other has a yellow belly and brown back and wings. The background is blue. The canvas is glued to a thin wooden board, which has a paper label glued on the back with an inked inscription [see Provenance].
- Material:
- Textile
Linen
Wool - Dimensions:
- H-6.5 W-4.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Label on back, written in ink: "This bit of worsted work was done in 1734 by a Miss Jane Pierce of Newburyport at the age of five years. Property of Mrs. William H. Greenleaf." Jane Peirce Herbert (1721-176?) was the great-great-great-grandmother of Winifred Livesey Cass (1869-1922).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Winifred Livesey Cass
- Subjects:
- Birds, Flowers, Trees, Needlework
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