Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Map showing all the countries of England and Wales, with portions of Scotland, Ireland and France. Embroidered inscription at top: "South Britain is divided into 62 counties 40 of which are called England and 12 of the most western Wales. There are 2 Universities 2 Arch-bishoprics and 24 bishoprics." A cartouche at the right reads "England and Wales."
- Credit Line
- Gift of Anonymous Donor from the Fraser/Martin Collection
- ca. 1790
- Accession Number
- 1976-100-16
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- embroidery & stitching
- Map sampler
- Medium
- Medium: silk and paint on wool Technique: cross, split and half cross on plain weave foundation; counted and uncounted stitches
- Dimensions
- H x W: 38.4 x 32.8 cm (15 1/8 x 12 15/16 in.)
- made in
- England
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Textiles Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1976-100-16
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq442dbc9e1-062a-43c9-b7c0-6c3b0f8c48df
