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- Description
- Sewing box in the form of a grand piano, made of rosewood, trimmed and inlaid with light wood. SImulated keyboard inlaid on cover (five tune keys). Cut-red velvet-covered tray has depressed receptacles for holding various sewing tools and utensils. Not all fitted tools are in their places. White silk cushion over tray. Paper under lid in inscribed in pencil "Agnes H. Thornton from her husband Thomas F. Thornton. She died in 1837, 20 yrs. old. Mother of S.C. Brown.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca. 1837
- ID Number
- TE.E392349.000
- catalog number
- E392349.000
- accession number
- 198356
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- Description
- Embroidered square with unfinished edges; meant to be a cushion cover or perhaps to be framed? A beautiful example of needle-painting embroidery work, made about 1900 by Mrs. Nellie Fuller Gibson. Silk embroidery threads on plain weave white linen ground. Design of poppies in a circular layout with leaves and stems; worked in many shades of red and green.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- associated dates
- 1954 / 1954
- ID Number
- TE.T11102
- catalog number
- T11102
- accession number
- 201350
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- Description (Brief)
- “The Ladies Guide to Needle Work, Embroidery, etc” by S. Annie Frost. Bound hard cover book with full description of all the various stitches and materials and a large number of illustration for each variety of work. New York;1877. 158 pgs
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1877
- ID Number
- 1998.0360.250
- accession number
- 1998.0360
- catalog number
- 1998.0360.250
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- Description
- Design for round centerpiece with floral border - printed on white cotton ground - partially embroidered. Marked "1807-B 36 in" price in pencil "80 cents" A lot of embroidery silks and a picture and instructions from The Brainerd & Armstrong Co. catalog accompany it.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca. 1910
- ID Number
- TE.T15451
- catalog number
- T15451.000
- accession number
- 293999
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- Description
- Canvas work embroidered chair seat. Wool on linen canvas. The date "1750" in silk cross stitch. Probably New England. Thread count is 32 x 27 to the inch. Cut to shape as a chair seat, but also cut after embroidering to fit a chair. Depicts a male figure at bottom, with large flowering branch design, and a few animals. Design elements are not to the same scale. Design shows Moses at the burning bush, flowers, two animals, butterfly. Shoes on ground behind Moses. Hands, face, and shoes worked in petit point. Colors: brown ground, pinks and salmon pinks, red, blues, greens, yellows, white. The back has been reinforced and stabilized with white linen stitched along the sides. The reverse shows the original colors of the embroidery wools very clearly.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1750
- associated dates
- 1968 / 1968
- ID Number
- TE.T14548
- catalog number
- T14548
- accession number
- 277536
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- Description
- Counterpane made of two strips of 44-inch, stout, handwoven, cotton muslin seamed up center and embroidered in an ornate design-center vase and floral forms (Tree of Life), corner motifs, and vine border, suggestive of Indian and Chinese patterningexecuted in a variety of stitches (blanket, button hole background, close buttonhole, Cretan, feather, figure, herringbone, Japanese, knotted, satin, star filling, and stem) with coarse, 3-ply cotton thread. Finish, applied 4 1/2" woven, cut fringe with fancy, openwork, self heading. .Dated May 8, 1822, and made by Hetty Bradley, daughter of Major John Bradley of Revolutionary fame, and a sister of the donor's great-grandmother. plantation near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1822
- ID Number
- TE.T08874.000
- catalog number
- T08874.000
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- Description (Brief)
- The Young Ladies Journal-Complete Guide to the Work-Table; bound version of supplements to the magazine “The Young Ladies’ Journal, Second edition. Some color printed patterns. Containing instructions in Berlin work, crochet, drawn thread, embroidery, knitting, macrame, lace, netting, tatting. 13 pages 1885
- date made
- 1885
- ID Number
- 1998.0360.247
- accession number
- 1998.0360
- catalog number
- 1998.0360.247
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- TE.T17743.00J
- catalog number
- T17743.00J
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- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- TE.T17743.00H
- catalog number
- T17743.00H
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- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- TE.T17742.00D
- catalog number
- T17742.00D
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- TE.T17743.00I
- catalog number
- T17743.00I
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- Description (Brief)
- One of a pair of whitework embroidered cuffs; white on white embroidery, floral design, stitches: satin, stem, seed, eyelet, and buttonhole
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- TE.T17991C
- catalog number
- T17991.00C
- accession number
- 323475
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- TE.T18322.000
- catalog number
- T18322.000
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- Description (Brief)
- One of a pair of detachable woman's cuffs. White-on-white embroidered cotton; Design of rosette & leaf, scalloped edge is buttonhole stitched.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- TE.T11888B
- catalog number
- T11888.00B
- accession number
- 202455
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- Description
- Design for embroidery, or "Sew Souvenir" by Anna W. Mattocks; 1959. Yellow ground; outline drawing stamped in blue; map of Florida showing major cities and physical features; sword fish to right, palm tree and sailboat to left; "Florida" printed at bottom; dash border. Inscription written in black ink: Copyright, 1959, Anna W. Mattocks. Submitted to Library of Congress for copyright March 17 1960. LOC's copyright listing gives another name, "Novelty Mfg & Sale" as attached to the design, but no addresses for Mattocks or this firm.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1959
- associated dates
- 1960 03 17 / 1960 03 17
- ID Number
- 1990.0111.404
- catalog number
- 1990.0111.404
- accession number
- 1990.0111
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- Description (Brief)
- White mesh canvas ground; painted design in red, yellow, gray, pink, blue and black; a mouse in shirt and overalls, facing right. Signed and dated; C. Welch, 1974, in lower right corner in black ink.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1974
- associated dates
- 1974 11 22 / 1974 11 22
- licensee
- Welch
- maker
- Welch
- ID Number
- 1990.0111.403
- catalog number
- 1990.0111.403
- accession number
- 1990.0111
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- TE.T17741.000
- catalog number
- T17741.000
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- Description
- Erica Wilson design for embroidery (Thistle); Columbia Minerva Corp.; 1973. Stamped along left edge: "Columbia Minerva Corp. No.07345 Erica Wilson c 1973." Olive green burlap ground; white outline drawing of thistle with a bud at either side; floral sprigs around edge; triple dash line border
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1973
- associated dates
- 1973 01 01+ / 1973 01 01+, 1973 12 31- / 1973 12 31-
- maker
- Wilson, Erica
- ID Number
- 1990.0111.400
- catalog number
- 1990.0111.400
- accession number
- 1990.0111
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- TE.T17743.00D
- catalog number
- T17743.00D
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- Description (Brief)
- One of a pair of detachable cuffs; white-on-white embroidered cotton; design of rosette & leaf, scalloped edge is buttonhole stitched.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- TE.T11888A
- catalog number
- T11888.00A
- accession number
- 202455
