Embroidered picture: Couple Following Piper
mid-18th century
Object PlaceNew England, United States
Medium/TechniqueLinen plain weave embroidered with wool and silk in tent stitch with metallic thread; wood veneer frame with glass
Dimensions65.2 x 72.5 x 7 cm (25 11/16 x 28 9/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Samuel Cabot
Accession number47.221
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ProvenanceGiven to Elizabeth S. Dutton in 1835 by Lynde M. Walter, the first editor of the Boston Transcript; probably descended to her sister, Ann Dutton Mandell; to her son, George S. Mandell; and his daughter, Eunice Mandell Rice (Mrs. Neil W. Rice); Lent by Mrs. Neil W. Rice, July 1, 1946. Sold to Mrs. Samuel Cabot, Jan. 22, 1947.
late 14th–early 15th century
late 16th or early 17th century
late 16th or early 17th century
late 16th or early 17th century
mid-18th century
18th or first half of the 19th century
early 20th century
