18th Century Material Culture

Embroidered & Canvaswork Pictures

Embroidery
The FAIR LADY working TAMBOUR
by Carington Bowles c. 1764
(Lewis Walpole Library)
The FAIR LADY working TAMBOUR
by Carington Bowles c. 1764
(Lewis Walpole Library)
English
Pictures
English Satin Embroidered Needlework Picture of Elijah, the Widow of Zarephath in Silk Thread
Mid 17th Century
(Christies Auction House)
English Silk Embroidered Needlework Picture of Abraham Kneeling Before Three Angels in Silk Thread
Mid 17th Century
(Christies Auction House)
English Embroidered Needlework Picture of Adam & Eve in Silks & Metallic Thread, Purl and Chenille
Mid 17th Century
(Christies Auction House)
English Embroidered Needlework Picture in Silk & Metallic Thread
Mid 17th Century
(Stephen & Carol Huber)
English Linen Embroidered Needlework Picture of the Judgement of Paris in Silk & Metallic Thread
Mid 17th Century
(Stephen & Carol Huber)
English Linen Embroidered Needlework Picture of the Story of Abraham in Silk Thread
Mid 17th Century
(Stephen & Carol Huber)
English Embroidered Needlework Picture of the Pharoahs Daughter & Moses in Silk Thread
Mid 17th Century
(Stephen & Carol Huber)
English Silk Embroidered Needlework Picture of the The Five Senses in Silk & Metallic Thread
Mid 17th Century
(Stephen & Carol Huber)
English Silk Embroidered Needlework Picture of Susannah & the Elders in Silk Thread
Mid 17th Century
(Stephen & Carol Huber)
English Silk Embroidered Needlework Picture of Abraham & Isaac in Silk Thread
Mid 17th Century
(Stephen & Carol Huber)
English Silk Embroidered Needlework Picture in Silk, Mica & Metallic Thread
Mid 17th Century
(Stephen & Carol Huber)
English Embroidered Needlework Picture of a Hunt Scene in Silk & Metallic Thread
Mid 17th Century
(Stephen & Carol Huber)
English Linen Embroidered Needlework Picture in Silk & Metallic Thread Surrounded by a Needlepoint Border
Mid 17th Century
(Stephen & Carol Huber)
English Linen Embroidered Needlework Picture in Silk & Metallic Thread Surrounded by a Needlepoint Border
Mid 17th Century
(Stephen & Carol Huber)
English Linen Embroidered Needlework Picture of the Martyrdom of St. Stephen in Silk & Mica Thread
c. 1650
(Stephen & Carol Huber)
English Embroidered Needlework Picture of Hagar & Ishmael in Silk & Mica Thread
c. 1650
(Stephen & Carol Huber)
English Silk Embroidered Needlework Picture of the Martyrdom of St. Stephen in Silk & Metallic Thread
c. 1660
(Stephen & Carol Huber)
English Linen Embroidered Needlework Picture of the Queen of Sheba Visiting King Solomon in Silk & Metallic Thread
c. 1660
(Stephen & Carol Huber)
English Embroidered Needlework Picture of the King Charles II & Catherine of Braganza in Silk & Metallic Thread
c. 1660
(Stephen & Carol Huber)
English Silk Embroidered Needlework Picture of the Three Graces in Silk & Thread
c. 1660 (with Reproduced Frame)
(Stephen & Carol Huber)
English Silk Embroidered Needlework Picture in Silk & Gold Metallic Thread with Silver Sequins
c. 1660
(Stephen & Carol Huber)
English Silk Embroidered Needlework Portrait of a Court Lady in Silk Thread
c. 1660
(Stephen & Carol Huber)
English Linen Embroidered Needlework Picture in Silk, Wool & Metallic Thread with Mica
c. 1667 - 1678
(Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian)
English Silk Embroidered Needlework Picture in Silk Thread
c. 1670
(Stephen & Carol Huber)
English Linen Embroidered Needlework Picture of The Woman of Sumaria in Silk Thread
c. 1680
(Stephen & Carol Huber)
 English Linen Needlework (Canvas Work) Picture in Silk & Wool Thread
Possibly Depicting the Old Testament Story of Esther Pleading to King Ahasuerus 17th Century
(Skinner)
English Linen Needlework (Canvas Work) Picture of The Tree of Life in Wool & Silk Thread
c. 1700
(Stephen & Carol Huber)
English Silk Embroidered Needlework Picture of The Story of Bethsheba in Silk Thread
1715
(Stephen & Carol Huber)
English Tent Stitch Needlework Picture
by Elisabeth Daniell Early 18th Century
(Christies Auction House)
English Needlework Picture of a Pastoral Scene
c. 1720 - 1750
(Private Collection)
English Needlework Picture
c. 1740
(Christies Auction House)
English Blue Linen Embroidered Needlework Picture
c. 1740
(Christies Auction House)
English Tent Stitch Embroidered Needlework Picture
1st Half 18th Century
(Christies Auction House)
English Embroidered Needlework Picture of a Shepard and Shepardess
Mid 18th Century
(Skinner)
English Linen Needlework (Canvas Work) Picture in Silk & Wool Thread
1750
(Stephen & Carol Huber)
American
Pictures
American Linen Needlework Picture of a Shepherd & Shepherdess in Wool & Metallic Thread
by Sarah Phillips (Born in Rowley, Massachusetts 1656) c. 1670
(Skinner)
American Linen Needlework Picture of a Shepherd & Shepherdess in Wool Thread
Likely from Boston, Massachusetts Early 18th Century
(Stephen & Carol Huber)
American Linen Needlework Picture in Wool, Silk, & Metallic Threads
by Keturah Rawlins of Boston, Massachusetts c. 1740
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
American Linen Embroidered Needlework Picture of an Indian Princess in Wool & Silk Thread
Boston, Massachusetts c. 1740 - 1746
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
American Linen Needlework Picture in Wool & Silk Thread
by E B 1745 New England 1745
(Christies Auction House)
 American Linen Needlework Picture in Wool & Silk Thread
by Elizabeth Newsam February 6 1753, of Massachusetts 1753
(M. Finkel)
 American Linen Needlework Picture of SPRING M W in Wool & Silk Thread
by Mary Wright, Possibly of Sarah Osborns School in Newport, Rhode Island 1754
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
American Linen Picture in Praise of King Charles I Embroidered with Silk Thread
by Ann Philby 1747
(Cooper Hewitt)
American Linen Needlework Picture or Chair Back in Wool Yarn & Silk Thread
Probably by Mehitable Starkey of Boston, Massachusetts c. 1755 - 1765
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
American Linen Needlework Picture of a Fishing Lady & Flutist in Wool & Silk Thread
Boston, Massachusetts c. 1760
(Stephen & Carol Huber)
 American Linen Needlework Picture in Wool Thread
by Sarah Pomeroy of Northampton, Massachusetts c. 1762
(Skinner)
 American Linen Needlework Picture in Wool Thread
by Sarah Pomeroy of Northampton, Massachusetts c. 1762
(Skinner)
American Linen Embroidered Needlework Picture of Rachel & Jacob in Silk Thread
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1772
(Stephen & Carol Huber)
 American Linen Needlework Picture in Wool & Silk Thread
by Margaret Hammon at Miss Huggerfords School Near Boston, Massachusetts 1775
(Stephen & Carol Huber)
 American Linen Needlework Picture in Wool & Silk Thread
Resembles Similar Examples from Boston, Massachusetts, or Stonington, Connecticut c. 1775
(Stephen & Carol Huber)
American Silk Embroidered Needlework Picture of The First, Second, and Last Scene of Mortality in Silk Thread
by Prudence Punderson, Possibly from Connecticut c. 1776 - 1783
(Connecticut Historical Society)
 American Linen Needlework Picture in Wool & Silk Thread, Mica & Paint
Resembles Similar Examples from Boston, Massachusetts, or Stonington, Connecticut c. 1775
(Stephen & Carol Huber)
 American
Coat of Arms
 American Silk Embroidered Needlework Coat of Arms in Silk Thread
by Mary Ann Thomas, Probably of Mrs. Deborah Snows School, Boston, Massachusetts c. 1786
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
American Linen Embroidered Needlework Coat of Arms in Silk Thread
by Nancy Owen Marsh of New England 1785
(Stephen & Carol Huber)
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