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Clarissa Daggett

A Front View of Providence Court House--Clarissa Daggett's Work Wrought at Providence August 21, 1799, 1799

Description

Maker

  • Clarissa Daggett, 1784-1816, American

Title

A Front View of Providence Court House--Clarissa Daggett's Work Wrought at Providence August 21, 1799

Year

1799

Medium

silk; linen

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • silk,
  • linen

Techniques

  • stem stitch,
  • plain weave,
  • embroidery,
  • embroidering,
  • embroidered,
  • cross stitch,
  • tent stitch

Dimensions

40.6 cm (16 inches) (length)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Clarissa Daggett's Work Wrought at Providence August 21, 1799

Place

Providence; Rhode Island

Type

  • Textiles

Credit

Gift of Henry D. Sharpe

Object Number

42.023

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

These Golden Arts

June 18 - August 14, 1993

Picturing Providence 1790-1930

July 17 - August 29, 1992

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is A Front View of Providence Court House--Clarissa Daggett's Work Wrought at Providence August 21, 1799 with the accession number of 42.023. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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