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Embroidered picture: Shepherdess and piper

(Massachusetts (Boston), 1729–1796)
about 1745
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniquePlain weave linen embroidered in tent stitch with silk and wool
Dimensions59.7 x 57.2 cm (23 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.)
Credit LineOtis Norcross Fund and Anonymous gift
Accession number41.6
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
Embroidered picture
Elizabeth Storer Smith
1740–50
Sampler
Mary Fleet
1743
View of Boston Common
Hannah Otis
about 1750
Small panel: Spray of pears for applique work
late 16th or early 17th century
Small panel
late 16th or early 17th century
Small panel
late 16th or early 17th century
a
18th or first half of the 19th century
Sampler
Sarah Lowell
1750
Face veil (burqa)
early 20th century
Sampler
Mary Noble
1808