Chimney piece with images of Adam and Eve, ca. 1760, Made in Boston, Massachusettes, United States, American, Wool and silk embroidery on linen, 16 × 38 in. (40.6 × 96.5 cm), Textiles, Unknown, Eighteenth-century embroideries wider than they are tall, like this one, were called 'chimneypieces' because they were meant to be hung above a parlor mantel, a place of honor. The prominent display of this type of schoolgirl needlework signaled that the young lady of the home had been well educated and was ready to become an accomplished wife
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Chimney piece, images, Adam, Eve, ca, 1760, Boston, Massachusettes, United States, American, Wool, silk embroidery, linen, 16, 38, 40.6, 96.5 cm, Textiles, Unknown, Eighteenth-century embroideries, wider, tall, chimneypieces, meant, hung, parlor mantel, place, honor, prominent display, type, schoolgirl needlework, signaled, young lady, home, well educated, ready, accomplished wife
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