Embroidery

Artist Lucy Kempton Dyer 1858 - 1914

DateMid to Late 1800s

Terms

Embroidery
Massachusetts

Dimensions60.91 × 55.84 cm (24 × 22 in.)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. Swaim (1940)

Object numberT1800

DescriptionAbout three-quarters completed. Still has a rusted needle with thread attached. Basket of flowers in shades of pink, red, purple; leaves in shades of green; handle of basket brown- against a white background - surrounded by a wreath of flowers in the same shades with leaves in the same shades, and brown and yellow branches - the whole on a pastel green background. On very fine canvas. Attached to dark wood poles - part of an embroidery frame.