Embroidered picture
date: label: Date
content: 1875
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Margaret Hoog, American, b. Ireland
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: At the top, an eagle with spread wings is perched atop a shield, with flags and buntings, surrounded by floral sprays. At the bottom is a landscape with a small town, a locomotive, and a horse and carriage. In the center is the inscription: John the Hoog O Love Remember me Margaret Hoog Married 1875 June 3, surrounded by birds and flowers. The entire surface is covered with chain stitch embroidery.
place: label: made in
content: USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Myra M. and William H. Mathers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2008-31-23
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Embroidered picture
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: wool and cotton embroidery on wool foundation Technique: embroidered in chain stitch on plain weave foundation Label: wool plain weave embroidered with wool and cotton in chain stitch
label: Dimensions
content: Frame H x W x D: 55.9 x 76.2 cm (22 x 30 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Warp x Weft (unframed): 51.4 x 72.4 cm (20 1/4 x 28 1/2 in.)