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 quarter 18th century
second half of 18th century
1650–1725
about 1750
1860s
1790–1820
Late 19th century
late 19th century
1890 to 1899
1750–75; restyled in 1860–70
mid-19th century