"Innocence"
Object Name: Needlework picture
Date: 1802
Medium: Silk, paint
Dimensions: Overall: 14 3/8 x 17 5/8 in. ( 36.5 x 44.8 cm )
Place made: North America, U.S.A.
Description: Horizontal rectangular needlework picture in various colors of silk floss and paint on satin ground, depicting a female child outdoors, holding a basket with two love birds up away from a cat which is jumping in the air to get the birds, embroidered straight border on all sides, title and inscription across the bottom the figure's head and arms, and the birds are painted; stitches include satin, straight, outline.
Credit Line: Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number: 1937.1335
Marks: embroidered: across bottom, black floss: "Innocence Wrought by Jane Chambers 1802"
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