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Eliza Winslow Taylor

The Tempest, 1822

Description

Maker

  • Eliza Winslow Taylor, 1797-1864, American

Title

The Tempest

Year

1822

Medium

silk; watercolor; ink; gouache

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • silk,
  • ink,
  • gouache,
  • watercolor

Techniques

  • stem stitch,
  • embroidery,
  • embroidering,
  • embroidered,
  • satin stitch,
  • knot stitch,
  • running stitch,
  • darning stitch,
  • satin weave,
  • couching

Dimensions

42.2 x 55.9 cm (16 5/8 x 22 inches) (frame)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

On back of frame painted in black script: The work of Eliza Winslow Taylor--Madame Balch's School--1822

Place

Providence; Rhode Island

Type

  • Textiles

Credit

Bequest of Anna Aborn Haass

Object Number

52.154

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

These Golden Arts

June 18 - August 14, 1993

Needlework

February 19 - April 25, 1982

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 The Tempest with the accession number of 52.154. 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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