Chair seat with shepherdess and piping shepherd
Rooksby Creese
(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
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ProvenanceRooksby Creese through family to Lily Lois Howe; gift to the MFA, November 13, 1941.
second half of 18th century
early 18th century
Late 19th century
late 19th century
last quarter 18th century
1675–1725
Early 19th century
1600–50