Kit, Needlework

Title:

Map of United States and State Flowers

Object Name:

Kit, Needlework

Object ID:

2018.048.01

Place of Origin:

Manchester, NH

Date:

1940-1950

Description:

Embroidery kit, Map of United States and State Flowers, stitched by Ruth Poehlman Steffensen (b. 1916), Manchester, NH. Incomplete. Cotton embroidery thread on cream-colored linen. Stitched over green print. All 48 states outlined in black, with abbreviated names in black. Flower embroidered on each state, with flower name embroidered in green (many states incomplete). Titled at bottom (green print, not embroidered), "MAP OF UNITED STATES AND STATE FLOWERS". Printed in green at bottom right, "RHODODENDRON JAIRT", with image of flower. Floral border, partially embroidered. "No.6918", bottom left.

Kit also includes:
1. Paper pattern, 17" x 21", for transferring map to fabric.
2. Instruction sheet, imprinted "PATTERN 6918 / Alice Brooks / T. M. REG. U. S. PAT. OFF. / COPR. 1939, HOUSEHOLD ARTS, INC."
3. Original mailing envelope, postmarked New York, NY, undated. Imprinted "THE MANCHESTER / UNION-LEADER / HOUSEHOLD ARTS DEPT. / MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE / Alice Brooks Designs", with image of woman doing needlework. Address label missing.
4. Approximately 20 skeins (or partial skeins) of embroidery thread (floss), many unused and still in their original wrappers, in all of the colors used for the map.

Material:

Textile
Cotton
Linen

Dimensions:

H-18.5 W-22 inches

Provenance:

Stitched by Ruth Poehlman Steffensen (b. 1916), Manchester, NH.

Credit Line:

Gift of Barbara Steffensen

Subjects:

Embroidery, Maps, Flowers