Pictorial embroidery; Ruth And Boaz; 19th C.
Pictorial embroidery; Ruth And Boaz; 19th C.
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- Description
- A rectangular, framed, counted work, embroidered picture in wool, silk, silk chenille, and paper; Biblical subject, depicting Ruth and Boaz at the barley field. (Book of Ruth). The central figure is Boaz, speaking to Ruth who is kneeling at his feet. To Boaz's left is a young servant, a bowl in one hand and a water jug in the other hand. Ruth holds a sheaf of grain, The figures are dressed in Biblical attire of robes. In the center at right side of picture is a well with water flowing from it into a trough. Left center has a field of grain. A tree hands over the well. Mountains an dsky are in the background. Iin the two upper corners is stitched scroll, framing the picture making it curved on the two upper corners.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Embroidery, Picture
- Physical Description
- wool (overall material)
- silk (overall material)
- chenille (overall material)
- perforated paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 20 3/4 in x 16 in; 52.705 cm x 40.64 cm
- overall: 18 in x 23 in; 45.72 cm x 58.42 cm
- ID Number
- TE.H37548
- catalog number
- H37548
- accession number
- 115031
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Daniel Gardner
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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