Canvaswork picture; Sacrifice of Isaac (Unfinished); mid 18th C.
date: label: date made
content: mid 18th C.
notes: label: Description
content: An unfinished rectangular canvas work screen panel, depicting the sacrifice of Isaac. In a small vignette on right side are two figures depicting Abraham about to slay Isaac, beside the burning altar. Isaac in on the ground and Abraham is standing over him with his arm raised. Abraham wears a brief skirt-like garment. in the large picture in the center of the piece, is an angel and Abraham. The angel wears a red garment with two gold bands on the sleeves. The skirt is gold. She holds a red handled spear in left hand, right hand is pointing away from Abraham. The Bible story is embroidered in petit point, the remainder, a border, is larger cross stitches, interspersed with petit point. The border consists of large flowers: roses, daisies, tulips, peonies, narcissus. The stitches are cross and half-cross.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Max Tendler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T16010.000
label: catalog number
content: T16010.000
label: accession number
content: 297487
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Embroidery, Picture
label: Object Name
content: pictorial embroidery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: embroidery (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: blues; green; rose-red; gold; brown; gold silk floss (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: stitches: cross, and half cross. (joint piece production method or technique)
label: Physical Description
content: some flowers in petit point tent stitch and some cross stitch (joint piece production method or technique)
label: Physical Description
content: silk floss (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: 2 ply worsted wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: bast fiber (overall material)