Chair seat cover

ca. 1770

Not on view

This chair seat cover is fully embroidered with multicolored crewel wools on a plainweave linen base fabric. The pattern is of serrated “flame stitch” lozenges in graduated shades (light to dark) of pinks, reds, yellows, blues, and purples. The background between the lozenges is in shades of green to brown. There few exactly repeated designs, either in shape or color, among the patterned lozenges. The embroidered area is bordered by an approximately 1 inch wide area where the linen base fabric remains unembroidered. Although currently unmounted, the chair seat was removed from a chair and was framed at some point in its history, likely in the first half of the 20th century.

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Provenance

Title: Chair seat cover
Maker: Anna Poor Parsons (American, 1738–1783)
Date: ca. 1770
Geography: Made in Effingham, New Hampshire, United States
Culture: American
Medium: Wool on linen
Dimensions: 24 × 18 in. (61 × 45.7 cm)
Credit Line: Friends of the American Wing Fund, 2015
Object Number: 2015.92
Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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