Collection Highlights
Camp Bed
1777-1785
1871.8
Wood, canvas, iron
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Embroidered Mythological Scene
Title
Embroidered Mythological Scene
Object name
Needlework picture
Date
1798
Medium
Silk, linen
Dimensions
Overall: 11 1/8 x 13 1/4 x 1/8 in. ( 28.3 x 33.7 x 0.3 cm )
Description
Horizontal rectangular picture embroidered in various colors silk floss and chenille on linen ground; two figures in classical dress, one kneeling, one sleeping in forest setting, heads, hands and feet of figures painted; except for painted areas, stitching covers entire ground, stitches include satin, couch, knot, outline, straight.
Credit Line
Gift of Johanna Kuypers Sluyter
Object Number
1913.23
Marks
printed: bottom center of matting: "Joanna D. P. Kuypers / 1798"
Gallery Label
Joanna De Peyster Kuypers (1792-1832) was the daughter of Rev. Gerardus A. Kuypers, Minister of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York. She married Dr. Peter Van Zandt in 1818 and had eight children. She died of bronchitis at the age of 39.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
