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Introduction

These Golden Arts

Needlework by Women, 1688-1888
June 18 - August 14, 1993

Selected Objects

Nabby Martin

Sampler, 1786

Sally Shattuck

Sampler, early 1800s

American

embroidery, 1700s

Eliza Winslow Taylor

The Tempest, 1822

Nancy Perkins

Sampler, 1821
No Image Available

UEu, designer

Sampler, mid 1800s

Ruth Culver Coleman

Valance, late 1700s - early 1800s

Martha D. Prior

Sampler, 1795

Abigail Pinniger

Sampler, 1730

English

Man's nightcap, ca. 1580

Patience Greene

Sampler, 1766

Attributed to Susan Easterbrook

suspenders, ca. 1852

Attributed to Susan Easterbrook

suspenders, ca. 1852

Attributed to Susan Easterbrook

suspenders, ca. 1852

American

Sampler, 1700-1749

Conceucion LaGuardia, maker

Darning and Decorative Embroidery Sampler, mid 1800s

Hannah Freeborn

Sampler, 1817

English, England

Casket, 1650-1675
No Image Available

English

textile, early 1800s

Prudence F. Mansfield

Sampler, 1864

American, Likely Massachusetts Bay Colony

Canvas-work picture, mid 1700s

Betsey Wood

embroidery fragment; petticoat fragment, mid 1700s

Martha Ann Mason

Sampler, 1821

Mexican

Textile, 1800s
No Image Available

Laura Whipple

Kirkstall Abbey, 1820s

Sarah Ives

Sampler, late 1700s-early 1800s

Loann Smith

Sampler, 1785

Dutch

Darning Sampler, 1773
No Image Available

French, France

embroidered picture, early 1800s
No Image Available

American

Sampler, 1866

Polly Spurr

First Congregational Church, Providence, 1796

American

border (ornament area), late 1700s

Harriet Adaline Earle

Sampler, 1830

Mary Ide

In Memory of Mr. Daniel Ide, ca. 1808

Bethiah E. Randall

The Return from Egypt, ca. 1810

Ann Jennett Brown

Embroidered picture, ca. 1820

Cynthia Burr

Sampler, 1786

Anstis Fowler

Sampler, 1804

Clarissa Daggett

A Front View of Providence Court House--Clarissa Daggett's Work Wrought at Providence August 21, 1799, 1799
No Image Available

French

Josephe Explique les Songes de Pharaon, mid 1800s

Charlotte Bicknell

Mourning Embroidered Picture, 1808
No Image Available

English

Sampler, 1700s
No Image Available

Martha Hurst

Sampler, 1829

Ralph Stevenson & Williams, manufacturer

Plate, ca. 1835
No Image Available

Mexican

Sampler, 1800s

Sarah Tuel

Sampler, 1781

Lucy Ann Johnson

Sampler, 1822

Susanna Sisson

Sampler, 1811

Betty Keen

Sampler, 1748

American, Portsmouth Rhode Island

petticoat, 1750-1800

Italian

Rene and Atala (embroidered picture), ca. 1800

American

George Washington, 1800s

Attributed to Sophia Packard

Mourning picture, 1800-1810

Hannah Utley

embroidery fragment, mid 1700s

American

Purse, ca. 1750

Angellie C. Briggs

Sampler, 1837

Eliza Cozzens

Sampler, 1796

Lois Sisson

Sampler, early 1800s

Attributed to Anne Waterman

pocketbook, ca. 1775

Hannah Sisson

Sampler, 1812

Abigail Crawford Allen

Sampler, 1789

Mary E. Brown

Sampler, 1833

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