Collection Highlights
Chatelaine
ca. 1761
1954.179a-d
Silver gilt, gold, enamel, ivory, chalcedony, glass, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
America
Title
America
Object name
Embroidered picture
Date
1796-1810
Medium
Silk, paint, metal
Dimensions
Overall: 23 x 16 in. ( 58.4 x 40.6 cm )
Description
Vertical rectangular picture embroidered in various colors silk floss on silk ground; female figure center holding chalice to eagle upper left corner, American flag and liberty cap upper right corner, Boston harbor in off-scape far right, broken object and inscription under figure's foot, metal work and spangles applied far upper left corner, on chalice, and across bottom, figure's head and sky are painted, stitching covers most of ground; stitches include satin, outline, knots, chain, straight.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Screven Lorillard
Object Number
1952.409
Gallery Label
The object was designed from a painting by Edward Savage, "Liberty," dated 1796.
Provenance
Collection of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
