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18th Century Material Culture

Embroidered & Canvasw

ork Pictures


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Embroidery


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“The FAIR LADY working TAMBOUR”by Carington Bowles c. 1764

(Lewis Walpole Library)


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“The FAIR LADY working TAMBOUR”by Carington Bowles c. 1764

(Lewis Walpole Library)


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English Satin Embroidered Needlework Picture of “Elijah, the Widow of Zarephath” in Silk ThreadMid 17th Century

(Christie’s Auction House)


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English Silk Embroidered Needlework Picture of “Abraham Kneeling Before Three Angels” in Silk ThreadMid 17th Century



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English Embroidered Needlework Picture of “Adam & Eve” in Silks & Metallic Thread, Purl and Chenille

Mid 17th Century(Christie’s Auction House)


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English Embroidered Needlework Picture in Silk & Metallic Thread

Mid 17th Century(Stephen & Carol Huber)


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English Linen Embroidered Needlework Picture of the “Judgement of Paris” in Silk & Metallic Thread



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English Linen Embroidered Needlework Picture of the “Story of Abraham” in Silk Thread



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English Embroidered Needlework Picture of the “Pharoah’s Daughter & Moses” in Silk Thread



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English Silk Embroidered Needlework Picture of the “The Five Senses” in Silk & Metallic Thread



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English Silk Embroidered Needlework Picture of “Susannah & the Elders” in Silk Thread



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English Silk Embroidered Needlework Picture of “Abraham & Isaac” in Silk Thread



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English Silk Embroidered Needlework Picture in Silk, Mica & Metallic Thread



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English Embroidered Needlework Picture of a Hunt Scene in Silk & Metallic Thread



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English Linen Embroidered Needlework Picture in Silk & Metallic Thread Surrounded by a Needlepoint Border



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English Linen Embroidered Needlework Picture in Silk & Metallic Thread Surrounded by a Needlepoint Border



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English Linen Embroidered Needlework Picture of the “Martyrdom of St. Stephen” in Silk & Mica Thread

c. 1650(Stephen & Carol Huber)


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English Embroidered Needlework Picture of “Hagar & Ishmael” in Silk & Mica Thread



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English Silk Embroidered Needlework Picture of the “Martyrdom of St. Stephen” in Silk & Metallic Thread



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English Linen Embroidered Needlework Picture of the “Queen of Sheba Visiting King Solomon” in Silk & Metallic Thread



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English Embroidered Needlework Picture of the “King Charles II & Catherine of Braganza” in Silk & Metallic Thread



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English Silk Embroidered Needlework Picture of the “Three Graces” in Silk & Thread

c. 1660 (with Reproduced Frame)(Stephen & Carol Huber)


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English Silk Embroidered Needlework Picture in Silk & Gold Metallic Thread with Silver Sequins



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English Silk Embroidered Needlework Portrait of a Court Lady in Silk Thread



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English Linen Embroidered Needlework Picture in Silk, Wool & Metallic Thread with Mica

c. 1667 - 1678(Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian)


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English Silk Embroidered Needlework Picture in Silk Thread



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English Linen Embroidered Needlework Picture of “The Woman of Sumaria” in Silk Thread



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English Linen Needlework (Canvas Work) Picture in Silk & Wool Thread

Possibly Depicting the Old Testament Story of Esther Pleading to King Ahasuerus 17th Century(Skinner)


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English Linen Needlework (Canvas Work) Picture of “The Tree of Life” in Wool & Silk Thread



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English Silk Embroidered Needlework Picture of “The Story of Bethsheba” in Silk Thread

1715(Stephen & Carol Huber)


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English Tent Stitch Needlework Picture

by Elisabeth Daniell Early 18th Century(Christie’s Auction House)


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English Needlework Picture of a Pastoral Scene

c. 1720 - 1750(Private Collection)


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English Needlework Picturec. 1740



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English Blue Linen Embroidered Needlework Picturec. 1740



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English Tent Stitch Embroidered Needlework Picture

1st Half 18th Century(Christie’s Auction House)


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English Embroidered Needlework Picture of a Shepard and Shepardess

Mid 18th Century(Skinner)


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English Linen Needlework (Canvas Work) Picture in Silk & Wool Thread

1750(Stephen & Carol Huber)


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American Linen Needlework Picture of a Shepherd & Shepherdess in Wool Thread

Likely from Boston, Massachusetts Early 18th Century(Stephen & Carol Huber)


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American Linen Needlework Picture in Wool, Silk, & Metallic Threads

by Keturah Rawlins of Boston, Massachusetts c. 1740(Metropolitan Museum of Art)


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American Linen Embroidered Needlework Picture of an “Indian Princess” in Wool & Silk Thread

Boston, Massachusetts c. 1740 - 1746(Metropolitan Museum of Art)


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American Linen Needlework Picture in Wool & Silk Threadby “Elizabeth Newsam February 6 1753,” of Massachusetts 1753

(M. Finkel)


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American Linen Needlework Picture of “SPRING M W” in Wool & Silk Thread

by Mary Wright, Possibly of Sarah Osborn’s School in Newport, Rhode Island 1754(Metropolitan Museum of Art)


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American Linen Picture in Praise of King Charles I Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Ann Philby 1747(Cooper Hewitt)


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American Linen Needlework Picture or Chair Back in Wool Yarn & Silk Thread

Probably by Mehitable Starkey of Boston, Massachusetts c. 1755 - 1765(Metropolitan Museum of Art)


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American Linen Needlework Picture of a Fishing Lady & Flutist in Wool & Silk Thread

Boston, Massachusetts c. 1760(Stephen & Carol Huber)


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American Linen Needlework Picture in Wool Thread

by Sarah Pomeroy of Northampton, Massachusetts c. 1762(Skinner)


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American Linen Needlework Picture in Wool Thread

by Sarah Pomeroy of Northampton, Massachusetts c. 1762(Skinner)


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American Linen Embroidered Needlework Picture of “Rachel & Jacob” in Silk Thread

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1772(Stephen & Carol Huber)


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American Linen Needlework Picture in Wool & Silk Thread

by Margaret Hammon at Miss Huggerford’s School Near Boston, Massachusetts 1775(Stephen & Carol Huber)


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American Silk Embroidered Needlework Picture of “The First, Second, and Last Scene of Mortality” in Silk Threadby Prudence Punderson, Possibly from Connecticut c. 1776 - 1783

(Connecticut Historical Society)


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American Linen Needlework Picture in Wool & Silk Thread, Mica & Paint

Resembles Similar Examples from Boston, Massachusetts, or Stonington, Connecticut c. 1775(Stephen & Carol Huber)


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American Linen Embroidered Needlework Coat of Arms in Silk Thread

by Nancy Owen Marsh of New England 1785(Stephen & Carol Huber)


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