Embroidered picture
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1830
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Chenille and silkwork landscape picture with painted sky and water worked in silk floss and chenille yarns in various browns, greens, golds, and pink. A bay or river-scape: in the foreground, a forested area with a small farm. On the opposite shore, a large town. From the right, two points of land (or islands) jut in, each with houses. Many boats on the water, both sailing vessels and row boats. The buildings and fences are satin stitch, while the land masses, trees, etc. are dense chenille work.
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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: 2003-14-26
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Embroidered picture
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk. Technique: satin stitch embroidery, chenille embroidery, and watercolor.
label: Dimensions
content: 21.5 X 27 in. framed