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Artist
Lucy Barrett
1785
Date1795
Terms
- Samplers
- Linen
- Silk Fiber
- Concord (Massachusetts)
Dimensions65.99 × 43.15 cm (26 × 17 in.)
Markings"Lucy Barrett Aet 10 Yrs."
Credit LineGift of Cummings E. Davis (1886)
Object numberT1201
DescriptionTextile. Silk embroidery on linen; cross, satin, flat, Queen, and eyelet stitches. Wide border of conventional design. Central panel: alphabet in script and case lettering, beneath is the name of the maker: "Lucy Barrett Aet 10 Yrs." Zig-zag and sawtooth borders may be regional motifs. Below this is a house surrounded by conventional tree forms with birds.
Collections
- Needlework
