icon for Home page
icon for Kid's Home page
icon for Digital Collection
icon for Activities
icon for Turns Exhibit
icon for In the Classroom
icon for Chronologies
icon for My Collection

Online Collection

front
(c) Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield MA. All rights reserved.
Contact us for information about using this image.



label levels:

Cross-stitched embroideries were introduced by the Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework of Deerfield, Massachusetts, soon after the Society was formed in 1896. Quicker to execute than many of the other stitches, cross-stitched textiles were therefore less expensive to purchase. A 1903 review of an exhibition of the Society's work at the Art Institute of Chicago observed that "by far the most attractive things in the Deerfield case are the cross stitch pieces in color." This embroidery would have been used as a tablemat or on a chair back.

 

top of page

Enchanted Forest

artisan   Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework
date   1900-1916
location   Deerfield, Massachusetts
width   15.0"
height   14.5"
process/materials   linen
item type   Art/Decorative Arts - Textiles
accession #   #1993.18.03


Look Closer icon My Collection icon Detailed info icon


ecard icon Send an e-Postcard of this object



See Also...

Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework

Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework Display

"Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework"


button for Side by Side Viewingbutton for Glossarybutton for Printing Helpbutton for How to Read Old Documents

 

Home | Online Collection | Things To Do | Turns Exhibit | Classroom | Chronologies | My Collection
About This Site | Site Index | Site Search | Feedback