Object Details
- Embroiderer
- Mary Babb, American
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- A basket of large flowers, with the flowers executed in drawn work, cut work, and hollie point in white embroidery on a white ground. The basket trimmings, stems of flowers, and isolated sprigs of flowers at bottom are worked in colored silks. With the inscription: Mary Babb 1783.
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Rosalie Coe, from the collection inherited from her mother, Eva Johnston Coe
- 1783
- Accession Number
- 1974-42-12
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- embroidery & stitching
- Sampler
- Medium
- Medium: silk and linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: counted and uncounted stitches; withdrawn element work; cutwork filled with hollie point; herringbone, chain, buttonhole and satin stitches on plain weave foundation, quilled ribbon
- Dimensions
- H x W: 24.1 x 26 cm (9 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.)
- made in
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Textiles Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1974-42-12
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4b06b8ff4-7a9c-44ae-92f2-2c5bff171154
