Sampler184116 1/2 x 17 1/2 " (41.9 x 44.5 cm)
Frame: 23 1/4 x 24 1/8 x 1 " (59.1 x 61.3 x 2.5 cm)Silk on linen with felt, in original Curly Maple frameGift of Louise and Mike Nevelson1978.31.901530401189Lavinia CasselTextilesThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain.United StatesPennsylvaniaTextilessilk with heavy padding of sheep at left and rooster at right base on linen ground. coarse open mesh. embroidery stitches: cross, satin, stem, outline split, Florentine or Irish side border on top and 2 sides, with formal motifs. No verse or text, but spot units of roses, willow trees, deep crimson red house with shuttered windows, and chimneys, pediment over central door. Pair of swans, stags, single rooster, paired birds as in Quaker work. Sheep, baskets of flowers, too. TEXTILESsee object file for report by Mary Linda Zonana May 1987possibly Lavinia Smith Cassel Detwiler see constituent record for more detail Object information is a work in progress and may be updated
with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art
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To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org18411841 1978 31 9 silk with heavy padding of sheep at left and rooster at right base on linen ground. coarse open mesh. embroidery stitches: cross, satin, stem, outline split, Florentine or Irish side border on top and 2 sides, with formal motifs. No verse or text, but spot units of roses, willow trees, deep crimson red house with shuttered windows, and chimneys, pediment over central door. Pair of swans, stags, single rooster, paired birds as in Quaker work. Sheep, baskets of flowers, too. TEXTILESsee object file for report by Mary Linda Zonana May 1987possibly Lavinia Smith Cassel Detwiler see constituent record for more detail Object information is a work in progress and may be updated
with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art
Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org