1601 / 1800, Germany

1601 / 1800, Germany

Identifier
43.961
Transfer of custody
MFA Boston
Acquisition
Gift of Elizabeth Day McCormick to MFA, 1943 / The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Collection
Technique
Depiction
Dimension
64 cm (height)
21.2 cm (width)
Production time
Production place
Type of object

Description

Across the top the alphabet and numbers. Below, various flowers, a rectangle bearing animals, a tree and blossoms. The lower half divided into rectangular areas bearing chevron motifs worked in various stitches. Polychrome silk yarns on linen ground. Condition good; black rotted out in spots. Stitches: Florentine, rococo, tent, two-sided Italian cross, upright gobelin, slanting gobelin.