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Embroidered Picture

(American, 1759–1796)
about 1770
Medium/TechniqueLinen plain weave embroidered with silk; painted paper
DimensionsFramed: 51.7 x 54 cm (20 5/16 x 21 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Arla Delle Smith in memory of her mother, Philetta Radcliffe Smith
Accession number2011.351
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceElizabeth Carr Chipman (Mrs. Jonathan) Stickney (b. 1759), Newburyport, MA; by inheritence to her daughter, Judith Stickney (b. 1791); by inheritance to Mrs. F.R. Radcliffe; by inheritance to her daughter, Philetta M. Radcliffe (Mrs. Whitman Smith); 1933, by inheritance to her daugther, Arla Dell Smith, Laguna Niguel, CA; 2011, gift of Arla Smith to the MFA (Accession Date: June 22, 2011)
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