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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
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
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.
View of Boston Common
Hannah Otis
about 1750
Embroidered picture
Elizabeth Storer Smith
1740–50
Mitre
late 14th–early 15th century
Small panel: Spray of pears for applique work
late 16th or early 17th century
Small panel
late 16th or early 17th century
Small panel
late 16th or early 17th century
a
18th or first half of the 19th century
Face veil (burqa)
early 20th century
Sampler
Betsy Davis
1797