Sewing Case

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Sewing Case

Late 18th - early 19th century

Catharine Wistar Morris (American, 1772–1859)

Catherine Wistar Morris worked this strawberry pattern in queen's stitch, the most difficult and time-consuming of all canvas-work stitches. Her sewing case has an engraved silver clasp, compartments for thread, and wool flaps to hold needles.

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Object Details

Title:

Sewing Case

Date:

Late 18th - early 19th century

Artist:

Catharine Wistar Morris (American, 1772–1859)

Medium:

Silk embroidery in queen's (rococo) stitch on linen canvas, silver, silk taffeta over cardboard, leather, wool baize

Dimensions:

Closed: 5 x 4 x 1 inches (12.7 x 10.2 x 2.5 cm)

Classification:

Tools/Equipment

Credit Line:

Gift of the heirs of Paul D. I. and Anna Shinn Maier, 1998

Accession Number:

1998-162-27

Geography:

Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

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