Western, or New World
Embroidered Map
ca. 1800 (made)
ca. 1800 (made)
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Octagonal panel; white silk embroidered with festoons of ribbon bows, flower garlands and tassels, surrounding a pendant map of the "Western, or New World" (showing the Americas and Australia) worked in fine black silk against white, flanked with figures, the left depicting a woman with a bird-cage in her lap showing a cross to a child, the right depicting the 18th century concept of an Indigenous American with a feathered headdress, bow, and leopardskin apron. Glazed and framed in an octagonal narrow wooden marquetry frame.
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Title | Western, or New World (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | embroidered silk |
Brief description | Embroidered map, ca. 1800, English; Western hemisphere. Framed in wood |
Physical description | Octagonal panel; white silk embroidered with festoons of ribbon bows, flower garlands and tassels, surrounding a pendant map of the "Western, or New World" (showing the Americas and Australia) worked in fine black silk against white, flanked with figures, the left depicting a woman with a bird-cage in her lap showing a cross to a child, the right depicting the 18th century concept of an Indigenous American with a feathered headdress, bow, and leopardskin apron. Glazed and framed in an octagonal narrow wooden marquetry frame. |
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Credit line | Given by Miss Margaret Maitland |
Associated object | T.28-1916 (Ensemble) |
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Accession number | T.28A-1916 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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