Family Register
Artist: Hannah Winchell (American, 1801 - 1887)
Date: 1822
Dimensions:
Sampler: 23 1/4 × 22 1/8 in. (59.1 x 56.2 cm)
Frame: 27 × 26 1/8 in. (68.6 × 66.4 cm)
Medium: silk on linen
Place of Origin: Topsham, Maine
Classification: Textiles and Fiber
Credit Line: Dorothy Chandler Fund for 19th century American Art
Object number: 2022.55
DescriptionFine woven linen gauze substrate embroidered with polychrome silk threads depicting the family register of Hannah Winchell. The work is bordered with a floral motif with embroidered blue ribbons in the top corners. There is a weeping willow tree in the lower right in the design field. This work was completed using a variety of stitches including cross stitch, stem stitch, satin stitch and french knots.
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