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A variation on a common design source can be seen in this embroidered scene of a piping shepherd and shepherdess posed within a pastoral landscape. Dressed in contemporary costume, the figures stand as emblems of courtship in a luxuriant garden that conjures up associations with springtime, youth, and fertility.
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Title: Shepherd and Shepherdess
Date: 1700–1730
Geography: Made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Culture: American
Medium: Linen embroidered with silk thread
Dimensions: 12 5/8 x 14 1/8 in. (32.1 x 35.9 cm)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1913
Object Number: 13.69.45
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