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1930

  • Work on this object began.

1939

  • Work on this object ended.

1981

  • We acquired this object.

2008

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Embroidered Picture (USA)

This is a Embroidered picture. It was embroidered by Marcia Stebbins. It is dated 1930s and we acquired it in 1981. Its medium is wool, synthetic and its technique is embroidered in stem, running, and satin stitches on twill foundation. It is a part of the Textiles department.

This object was bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer. It is credited Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer.

  • Poster, The Chap-Book (Blue Lady)
  • color zincograph on thin cream wove paper.
  • Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman and Ely Jacques Kahn.
  • 2003-6-1
  • Drawing, Triumphal Arch on an Ideal Piazza
  • pen and black ink, brush and blue, green and yellow watercolor on cardboard.
  • Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
  • 1938-88-4138

Its dimensions are

H x W: 49.5 x 41.3 cm (19 1/2 x 16 1/4 in.)

Cite this object as

Embroidered Picture (USA); Embroidered by Marcia Stebbins (American); wool, synthetic; H x W: 49.5 x 41.3 cm (19 1/2 x 16 1/4 in.); Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer; 1981-28-131

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