Embroidered picture
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1805
name: label: School of
content: Misses Patten
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An oval image depicts a mother with two children offering bread to a beggar child. The scene is based on a mezzotint engraving entitled Charity by P. Stampa, published in 1802. The scene is painted, with a chenille embroidered tree and satin stitch grass. The rectangular framing device is worked in satin and padded satin stitches. The oval is framed by golden ears of wheat, and above, a metallic gold eagle is holding floral garlands in his beak, caught up at the corners with spangled gold ribbons.
place: label: made in
content: Wethersfield, Connecticut, 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 and William H. Mathers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2003-14-15
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Embroidered picture
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metallic and chenille embroidery on silk foundation, with metal sequins Technique: embroidered in satin stitch on plain weave; details added in watercolor
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Warp x Weft (unframed): 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)