Poppies, "Needlepainted" cushion cover top; unfinished; ca. 1900
date: label: associated dates
content: 1954 / 1954
notes: label: Description
content: Embroidered square with unfinished edges; meant to be a cushion cover or perhaps to be framed? A beautiful example of needle-painting embroidery work, made about 1900 by Mrs. Nellie Fuller Gibson. Silk embroidery threads on plain weave white linen ground. Design of poppies in a circular layout with leaves and stems; worked in many shades of red and green.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Needlework
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Nellie Fuller Gibson and Mrs. Orrin Fuller
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T11102
label: catalog number
content: T11102
label: accession number
content: 201350
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Embroidered Picture
label: Object Name
content: cushion cover
label: Other Terms
content: Embroidered Picture; Needlepainting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk floss (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: natural ground (overall color)
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content: green (overall color)
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content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: needlepainting (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: long & short, encroaching satin, french knots, straight stitch (joint piece production method or technique)
label: Physical Description
content: stem stitch (joint piece production method or technique)
label: Physical Description
content: embroidery (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 1/2 in x 15 in; 39.37 cm x 38.1 cm