Object Details
- Description
- An unfinished piece of French or white work embroidery. Embroidered in cotton on double thickness of linen fabric showing the pattern stamped in blue and partly worked, in eyelet, satin, and buttonhole stitches by a young soldier at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. The date “August 21st, 1866” is penciled on the wrong side. The eyelet stitches require first a hole to be made in the fabric and then satin stitches completely cover the edge of the opening. This piece shows the progression of a work, with the excess fabric cut away after the buttonhole stitches were finished along the edge.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Clarence J. Robinson
- 1866
- ID Number
- TE.T9135
- catalog number
- T9135
- accession number
- 170225
- catalog number
- T-9135
- Object Name
- embroidery, white work, unfinished
- Physical Description
- cotton (embroidery; lining material)
- linen (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 in x 10 in; 27.94 cm x 25.4 cm
- place made
- United States: Missouri, Jefferson Barracks
- made at
- United States
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Victorian Needlework
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_628798
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-742b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
