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Table Covers

Dateca. 1728
Terms
  • Table Covers
  • Linen
  • Silk Fiber
  • Concord (Massachusetts)
Dimensions50.76 × 68.53 cm (20 × 27 in.)
MarkingsLabel on back of frame: "Embroidered by Mary Noyes - Mrs. Richard Bulkeley/ married Sept. 12, 1725."
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Clarence H. Poor
Object numberT1707
DescriptionYellow or gold silk embroidery on linen, part of a table cover. Made for a small dressing table. Worked in homespun linen in gold colored silk thread. 2 1/2" border with a running design of leaves and flowers. In the center of the tablecover is a latticed basket of leaves and flowers and basket of flowers in each of the four corners. The background is embroidered in a wavy pattern.