Artworks

Sisters of the Honorable Amos Patterson

Wool, twill weave; embroidered with wool in buttonhole, herringbone, Roumanian, satin and stem stitches; edged with fringe · 1793

Ann Sellers

Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in cross, satin, individual satin, split, and stem stitches; edged with silk, plain weave · 1793

Polly Bedford

Wool, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss and silk yarns in back, chain, Cretan, individual back, individual running, Roman, satin, stem, and surface satin stitches; laid work, couching, and Roumanian couching · 1791

Lucy Potter

Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in cross, Rococo, Roumanian, satin, stem, and tent stitches · 1791

Manchu

Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit tapestry weave with interlaced outlining wefts; embroidered with silk in satin and stem stitches; painted details; sleeves: bands of silk, plain weave and of silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave; edging and closures: silk, cotton, and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lined with silk, satin damask weave; sleeves lined with cotton, plain weave; metal buttons · 1790

Sally Standish

Cotton, plain weaves; some embroidered with silk in chain and cross stitches; some printed; pieced; edged with cotton, plain weaves; some printed; lined with linen · 1790

Lasalle

Walnut, carved and gilded; embroidered satin cover · 1785

S. Smith

Silk, satin weave; embroidered with silk · 1785

Lasalle

Silk: llampas (satin weave and plain weave variant), brocaded, appliquéd, embroidered · 1780

Philippe de la Salle

Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk in chain, satin, single satin and stem stitches; French knot · 1775

Manchu

Silk, 1:1 plain gauze weave; embroidered in stem filling stitches; sleeves: silk, 1:1 plain gauze weave (figured); edging and closures: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts; neck trimmed with cords of gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk couched with silk; sleeves and cuffs lined with silk, 1:1 plain gauze weave · 1775

François-Honoré-Georges Jacob

Carved and gilded walnut; embroidered silk satin · 1775

Miss A Grubb

embroidery & stitching, embroidered picture — medium: wool embroidery on linen foundation technique: embroidered in counted stitches · 1775

Han-Chinese

Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk, cotton, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, and gold-leaf-over-lacquered paper in satin stitches; laid work and couching; edged with silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; lined with silk, 4:1 satin damask weave · 1775

Manchu

Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in knot, satin, and stem stitches; laid work and couching · 1775

Philippe de La Salle

Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk in chain, satin, single satin and stem stitches; French knot · 1775

Manchu

Silk, 1:1 plain gauze weave; embroidered in stem filling stitches; sleeves: silk, 1:1 plain gauze weave (figured); edging and closures: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts; neck trimmed with cords of gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk couched with silk; sleeves and cuffs lined with silk, 1:1 plain gauze weave · 1775

Elizabeth Nicholls

Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in cross, eyelet, and satin stitches · 1767

Charlotte Guerin

Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in cross, herringbone, stem, satin, and chain stitches; edged with cotton, plain weave · 1765

Mary Toppin

Linen, plain weave; embroidered with wool in bullion, chain, and satin stitches · 1760

Mary Freeman, English

embroidery & stitching, sampler — medium: silk, wool technique:embroidered in cross stitch and flame stitch on plain weave foundation · 1753

Ann Winchester, English

embroidery & stitching, sampler — medium: wool, silk technique: embroidered in eyelet, cross, stem, and satin stitches · 1752

Philippe de la Salle

Silk, warp float-faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary binding warps which tie supplementary brocading wefts and ground wefts in plain weave; with inset ovals of silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts tied in twill weave by ground warps; seam embroidered in satin stitch · 1750

Manchu

Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered in knot, satin, and stem stitches · 1750