Pictorial raised work embroidery of a dog
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1870
notes: label: Description
content: A canvaswork piece of a King Charles spaniel, c. 1870 probably using a Berlin woolwork pattern. Queen Victoria’s passion for her King Charles spaniel “Dash”, led to many pictures of pets curled up on a tasseled cushion. The dog is done in plush stitch and the cushion in cross stitch. On the front edge of the cushion is beadwork in a swastika-like design as well as the tassels. Plush stitch was done by making loops that were later cut, combed, and then sculpted with a scissors to produce contours that gave it a natural appearance. Molly Proctor in her book Victorian Canvas Work mentions that the magazines of the day advised taking the work to a shop for the sculpting part as that was the most difficult part. The identity of the worker is not known but the sculpting is very well done with many subtle contours.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: made at
content: United States
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Victorian Needlework
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Jean Dougherty
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T7912
label: catalog number
content: T07912.000
label: accession number
content: 143412
objectType: label: Object Name
content: embroidery, raised work, picture
label: Object Name
content: pictorial embroidery, raised work
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool; glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: embroidery: plush stitch, cross stitch; beading (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 in x 20 in; 45.72 cm x 50.8 cm