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Chair seat with shepherdess and piping shepherd

(American, born in Boston, 1703)
second quarter 18th century
Object PlaceUnited States
Medium/TechniqueWool and silk threads embroidered on linen ground with shepherdess and piping shepherd
Dimensions49.3 x 62 cm (19 7/16 x 24 7/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Lois Lilley Howe
Accession number41.769
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceRooksby Creese through family to Lily Lois Howe; gift to the MFA, November 13, 1941.
Chair seats with couple in a landscape
Rooksby Creese
second quarter 18th century
Coverlet
second half of 18th century
Bedspread
early 18th century
View of Boston Common
Hannah Otis
about 1750
Conservation status: Before treatment; Group shot: 2004.158.1-2
Geoffrey Beene
1992
Valance
Late 19th century
Valance
late 19th century
Curtain
last quarter 18th century
Jonquils
1675–1725
Embroidered picture
Early 19th century