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Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Needlework - "Malvina"
Object Number
1924-02-5
Description
Female figure standing on hill, leaning on a harp. She wears a loose-flowing garment, 3/4-length sleeves. Based on character from Poems of Ossian. The body of the embroidery is done in a circle on white silk. Around the outside of the circle are swags of leaves and flowers in golds and greens with a large flower at the center top of the embroidery picture. Framed under glass with eglomise or reverse painting on glass of black and gold border. Printed in gold lettering along bottom "October 15, 1808" and "Malvina".
Comment
Susan Masters Blackman attended the Litchfield Female Academy in 1805.
Category
Date Made
Oct. 15, 1808
Dimensions
22 1/2"H x 23"w
Materials
Social Tags (experimental)
