Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
ca. 1866
1921.20
Steel
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Memorial Embroidery
Title
Memorial Embroidery
Object name
Needlework picture
Date
ca. 1814
Medium
Silk, metal
Dimensions
Overall: 19 x 20 1/2 in. ( 48.3 x 52.1 cm )
Description
Needlework picture in various colors of silk floss and blue metallic spangles on silk ground; the central image depicts an urn on top of a memorial, set upon a floating outdoor ground, framed on top with arching garland and below with two cornucopia ribboned together in the center and overflowing with fruit, flowers and once-bearded wheat; stitches include satin, straight, outline, outline and knots.
Credit Line
Gift of the Rev. Gouverneur Cruger
Object Number
1910.34