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Embroidered blanket

1801
Not on view
The cream-colored wool ground of this bed cover is embroidered with light and dark blue wool in flat stitch, chain stitch, outline stitch, and small dotlike running stitches. The central area is decorated with six small flowering trees. The border is in a "hillock" pattern. The wool ground is made up of three panels seamed together. There is a dark blue wool fringe on three sides.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Embroidered blanket
  • Maker: Ruth Brewster Sampson
  • Date: 1801
  • Geography: Made in Massachusetts, United States
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Wool embroidered with wool
  • Dimensions: 95 1/2 x 84 1/4 in. (242.6 x 214 cm)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1928
  • Object Number: 28.96
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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