{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"9163"},"copyright":{"label":"Copyright","value":"The American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Museum purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth V. and Irwin Warren"},"endDate":{"label":"End Date","value":"1825"},"sortNumber":{"label":"Sort Number","value":"2024    11    1"},"invno":{"label":"Accession number","value":"2024.11.1"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":""},"edition":{"label":"Photo Credit","value":"Adam Reich"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Silk, chenille, graphite, metallic thread on silk"},"geographyPlaceregion":{"label":"Place/Region","value":""},"media":{"label":"Media","value":{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/27442/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"27442"}},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Needlework Picture"},"geographyCity":{"value":""},"textEntriesWebsitedisplaytext":{"value":["This tender depiction of a courting couple exemplifies the continuity of landscape themes and the \u201chouse sampler\u201d tradition as popular motifs in girls\u2019 visual education. The intimate scene nonetheless offers a distinctive composition, with particularized details including an idiosyncratic house, paned windows, and articulated fence. The grass, trees, and house are worked in chenille, providing highly appealing texture that sets off the elegance of the silkwork couple. Handsomely attired and fluidly posed, the figures may have been inspired by a print source. Graphite outlines of more leaves in the upper lefthand corner indicate an unfinished element of the composition that provides an intriguing window onto needlework processes. The couple\u2019s faces are also sketched in graphite, a multimedia approach to needlework pictures that was common especially in the 19th century.","needlework picture with depiction of a courting couple, the grass, trees, and house are worked in chenille, graphite outlines of more leaves in the upper lefthand corner indicate an unfinished element of the composition. The couple\u2019s faces are also sketched in graphite, a multimedia approach to needlework pictures that was common especially in the 19th century.","Object information is a work in progress and may be updatedwith new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk ArtMuseum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org"]},"collections":{"label":"Collections","value":["Textiles","Recent Acquisitions"]},"geography":{"label":"Geography","value":""},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"157879"},"geographyState":{"value":"Massachusetts"},"geographyCountry":{"value":"United States"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"1"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker","value":{"displayOrder":"1","personRole":"Artist","personID":"103","content":"Artist unidentified"}},"classifications":{"label":"Classification(s)","value":"Textiles"},"textEntries":{"label":"Text Entries","value":["This tender depiction of a courting couple exemplifies the continuity of landscape themes and the \u201chouse sampler\u201d tradition as popular motifs in girls\u2019 visual education. The intimate scene nonetheless offers a distinctive composition, with particularized details including an idiosyncratic house, paned windows, and articulated fence. The grass, trees, and house are worked in chenille, providing highly appealing texture that sets off the elegance of the silkwork couple. Handsomely attired and fluidly posed, the figures may have been inspired by a print source. Graphite outlines of more leaves in the upper lefthand corner indicate an unfinished element of the composition that provides an intriguing window onto needlework processes. The couple\u2019s faces are also sketched in graphite, a multimedia approach to needlework pictures that was common especially in the 19th century.","needlework picture with depiction of a courting couple, the grass, trees, and house are worked in chenille, graphite outlines of more leaves in the upper lefthand corner indicate an unfinished element of the composition. The couple\u2019s faces are also sketched in graphite, a multimedia approach to needlework pictures that was common especially in the 19th century.","Object information is a work in progress and may be updatedwith new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk ArtMuseum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org"]},"beginDate":{"label":"Begin Date","value":"1815"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"c. 1820"},"exhibitions":{"label":"Exhibitions","value":{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Friday, April 10, 2026 - Sunday, September 13, 2026","exhibitionEndISODate":"2027-02-28","exhibitionID":"445","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2026-04-10","exhibitionBeginDate":"2026","exhibitionTitle":"Folk Nation","exhibitionEndDate":"2027"}},"curatorialRemarks":{"label":"Curatorial Remarks","value":""},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Sight: 5 x 8 \" (12.7 x 20.3 cm)Frame: 7 1/2 x 10 3/8 x 1 1/8 \" (19.1 x 26.4 x 2.9 cm)"}}]}