Printwork
notes: label: Description
content: This small rectangular piece has a “printwork” embroidered picture of a rural scene in an oval shape. It could be English or American, done in the early 19th century. A stately home, a woman and child, three deer, and a dog are pictured. One large tree, and smaller trees in the background, can be seen. The ground is ivory silk satin backed with linen and the threads are silk. The stitches are back, seed, and straight.
label: Description
content: “Printwork” is embroidery done in very small black stitches, duplicating an engraving.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Embroidered Pictures
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Miss Elsie Quinby
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.E392922
label: catalog number
content: E392922
label: accession number
content: 214358
objectType: label: Object Name
content: embroidery, picture
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (ground material)
label: Physical Description
content: linen (ground material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (thread material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/8 in x 4 1/2 in; 15.5575 cm x 11.43 cm