Past Exhibition

American Textiles

The image shows an embroidered textile with two large stylized trees or plants, each with rounded fruits or flowers, on a plain light-colored fabric background. The color palette comprises primarily shades of yellow, blue, green, and pink with some accents of red. The plants are positioned symmetrically, one on the left and one on the right, with a wavy, multicolored ground line in green, blue, and yellow at the bottom. The number "1714" is stitched in green thread in the upper central part of the fabric.
Suzanne Chapman, Valance, 1935/1942, watercolor and graphite on paper, Index of American Design, 1943.8.2519

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    Ground Floor, Cafeteria Corridor (1,000 sq. ft.)
The image shows an embroidered textile with two large stylized trees or plants, each with rounded fruits or flowers, on a plain light-colored fabric background. The color palette comprises primarily shades of yellow, blue, green, and pink with some accents of red. The plants are positioned symmetrically, one on the left and one on the right, with a wavy, multicolored ground line in green, blue, and yellow at the bottom. The number "1714" is stitched in green thread in the upper central part of the fabric.
Suzanne Chapman, Valance, 1935/1942, watercolor and graphite on paper, Index of American Design, 1943.8.2519

Overview: On view were renderings of woven material, needlework, quilts, and costumes from the colonial period through the 19th century.

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