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Boston, Massachusetts silk needlework picture , inscribed in beads "MD 1740", worked in a variety of intricate stitches in shades of blue, red, green, brown, white, and yellow depicting a landscape with courting couple, fisherman, flute player, and other figures, birds, animals, fish, and buildings next to a stream, all done in the old tradition English needlework patterns as exhibited in Boston schoolgirl work of that period, 11 1/4" x 14 1/4". For further information, see Girlhood Embroidery by Ring, pg. 36-59. Provenance: Stephen and Carol Huber.


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Date:
2006-09-23

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