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Accessibility:
Call No:
  • 1999.72.9
Title:
  • Sampler
Author/Creator:
  • Howard, Mary Alice
Place of Production/Origin:
Description:
  • An elaborate embroidery with a water bird theme including water flowers and reeds. Several bright colors have been used and the cloth itself is a rich royal blue. This could have been used for the wing of a chair.
Date(s):
  • 1850-1875;
Collection Type:
Object Type:
Material(s):
  • silk floss
Medium(s):
  • Embroidery
Subjects:
Research Notes:
  • Mary Alice King Howard was the grandmother of Mary Alice Howard Claflin.
Provenance:
Image ID Numbers:
  • https://RIHS.MINISISINC.COM/RIHS_IMAGE/RHiX171618w.jpg
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