Artworks

Kuba

Raffia, plain weave; pieced; embroidered in lateral looping, and stem and running stitches cut to form pile; couching; joined by buttonhole, pearl, and trammed twisted buttonhole stitches; edged in lateral looping stitches · 1801

Morris

Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in chain, cross, eyelet, hem, satin and single satin stitches · 1801

Kuba

Raffia, plain weave; embroidered in stem stitches and running stitches cut to form pile · 1801

Sara

Linen, embroidered · 1800

Manchu

Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk in satin, single satin and stem stitches; Chinese knots and couching; padded; inner tape: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts; edged with silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; lined with silk, plain weave; button loops: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; metal buttons · 1800

Manchu

Embroidered Imperial yellow satin · 1800

Emma Riches

Wool, balanced plain weave; embroidered with silk in back, cross, satin and single satin stitches; laid work and couching · 1800

Han-Chinese

Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in knot, single satin, and satin stitches; laid work and couching; sleeve bands: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in herringbone, knot, single satin, satin, and stem stitches; laid work and couching; ribbons: silk and gold- and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave self-patterned by main warp floats; trimmed with silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave; lined with silk, plain weave · 1800

Manchu

Gold satin ground with embroidered dragon medallions, clouds and variety of floral forms in polychrome · 1800

Mary N. Keith

Silk, machine-made twist net; embroidered in chain stitches (tambour work); edged with machine-made picots · 1800

Mary N. Keith

Silk, machine-made net; embroidered with silk in darning and running stitches · 1800

Mary N. Keith

Silk, machine-made net; embroidered with silk in darning, running, and wave filling stitches · 1800

Mary Balch's School

Silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and silk chenille in split, surface satin, and stem stitches; couching; with human hair · 1800

Elizabeth Dudley

Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in cross, satin, algerian eye or star stitches, detached buttonhole insertions · 1799

Johann Friedrich Netto, German

embroidery & stitching, sample — medium: silk and metallic foil on silk core embroidery on silk foundation technique: embroidered in satin, stem, couching and knot stitches, with appliqué on plain weave foundation; painted details · 1798

L. N. TASKAR

Wool embroidered with wool · 1796

L N Rana

Wool embroidered with wool · 1796

Hannah Johnson

Wool, plain weave; with cut pile formed by wool yarns embroidered in looped running stitches · 1796

Mary Carpenter Jones

Linen embroidered with silk and cotton, with paper and gold leaf · 1795

Mary Carpenter Jones

Center: cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk, cotton, and wool in buttonhole, chain, cross, single cross, feather, Roumanian, satin, single satin, stem, and twined double running stitches. Squares: cotton, cotton and linen, and linen, plain weaves; block, copperplate, and roller printed · 1795

Smith

Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in cross stitches · 1794

SMITH

Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in cross stitches · 1794

Ann Wood, American

embroidery & stitching, sampler — medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation technique: embroidered in cross, flame, and eye stitches on plain weave foundation · 1794

Jean-Demosthene Dugourc

Silk, satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and brocading wefts; embroidered with silk in chain (tambour work) and satin stitches · 1794