Details
A COTTON-ON-LINEN EMBROIDERED TABLE COVERING
PENNSYLVANIA, DATED 1802?
The rectangular plain woven linen form with applied fringed double- border decorated at the edges with pink whip-stitching and at each inner corner with cross-stitched tulip and heart motifs, the two inner edges centering the cross-stitched initials "BER," "GERII," and "ANA," "BAM(?)" each flanking a cross-stitched stylized tulip tree motif, the central field embellished with pink stitching; together with another brown and white linen homespun table covering worked in brown and white checks, the rectangular form finished on all four sides--42½in. x 67in. the first
PENNSYLVANIA, DATED 1802?
The rectangular plain woven linen form with applied fringed double- border decorated at the edges with pink whip-stitching and at each inner corner with cross-stitched tulip and heart motifs, the two inner edges centering the cross-stitched initials "BER," "GERII," and "ANA," "BAM(?)" each flanking a cross-stitched stylized tulip tree motif, the central field embellished with pink stitching; together with another brown and white linen homespun table covering worked in brown and white checks, the rectangular form finished on all four sides--42½in. x 67in. the first
Provenance
Acquired on November 1, 1984 the worked table linen
The Herrs, July 4, 1980 the unworked table linen
The Herrs, July 4, 1980 the unworked table linen