Elizabeth Blanchard Greene's embroidered shopping bag, 1870s
Elizabeth Blanchard Greene's embroidered shopping bag, 1870s
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- Description
- Elizabeth Blanchard Greene's embroidered utility bag, 1870s. A utility type shopping bag of grey wool suede-cloth in twill pile weave, embroidered in multi-color wools in petit point with a church, flower and shrub design on one side and a bird in bower design on the other. The top half is of unadorned silk taffeta with a drawstring and folds down inside the wool lower half. Gray braided cord trim and multi-colored twisted cord handles.Made by Mrs. James D. Greene (aunt of the donor) Newton Center, MA, in the 1870's. Mrs. James D. Greene is Elizabeth Orne Blanchard Damon, born May 1840 to William and Caroline Blanchard in Boston, MA. She married October 7, 1879, James D. Green in Lancaster, MA. Her first husband was Edwards Adams Damon, whom she married December 20, 1870.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Embroidery, Canvas Work
- shopping bag, canvas work
- date made
- 1870s
- maker
- Damon, Elizabeth Orne Blancard
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Newton, Newton Center
- Physical Description
- silk, wool, (overall material)
- embroidery, petit point (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 in x 14 in; 25.4 cm x 35.56 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T09921.000
- catalog number
- T09921.000
- accession number
- 177011
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Julia M. Green
- subject
- Needlework
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- Cultural and Community Life: Textiles
- Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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