Title
Needlework
Object Type
Creator
Date
1790-1795
Description
Balch-style, flowered border, central panel with verse. Adam and Eve (popular in New England), house with many figures, yard with carriage. Verse reads, "With (love) she is queen ye American fair to adorn your mind bend all your care". Stitches: tent, cross, queen, embroidery - satin, flat. Worked at the school of Mary ("Polly") Balch, Providence, RI See: Bolton & Coe, p. 65.
Medium
Silk
Linen
Extent
17x12.25 in.
Identifier
1.159
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