Embroidered fragment

Artists

Description

Two pieces of plain woven wool stitched together horizontally, embroidered in stem and cross stitches with motifs of shot stag alternating with a cross on the diagonal with stylized floral ends. Field scattered with motifs of stylized flowers, birds and animals. Birds around right and lower borders. White, blue, green and yellow accents on red ground.

Dimensions

114.3 x 71.76 cm (45 x 28 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1922