1787 / 1788, Germany
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1787 / 1788, Germany
- Identifier
- 38.1146
- Transfer of custody
- MFA Boston
- Acquisition
- 1938, gift of Philip Lehman (b. 1861 - d. 1947), New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 14, 1938) / Gift of Philip Lehman in memory of his wife Carrie L. Lehman
- Collection
- Technique
- Embroidery 100%
- Embroidery 89%
- Depiction
- Floral motif 61%
- Floral motif 61%
- Dimension
- 71.2 cm (height)32 cm (width)
- Production time
- Production place
- Type of object
Description
Ground: cream colored linen. Design: a variety of small conventional figures across the top including a ship, a cray-fish and the date 1788 with six rows of letters and numerals, and below this the tree of knowledge with the serpent, a peacock, the crucifixion, and the date 1787, worked in cross stitch with colored silk (several shades of pale blue, green, yellow, neutral pink and violet with a little crimson).
