THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMBROIDERY IN AMERICA

By
CANDACE WHEELER

Illustrated

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
MCMXXI

Development of Embroidery in America

Copyright, 1921, by Harper & Brothers
Printed in the United States of America
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CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

• CANDACE WHEELER. From the painting by her daughter Dora Wheeler Keith Frontispiece
• MOCCASINS OF PORCUPINE QUILLWORK. Made by Sioux Indians Facing 12
• PIPE BAGS OF PORCUPINE QUILLWORK. Made by Sioux Indians 12
• MAN'S JACKET OF PORCUPINE QUILLWORK. Made by Sioux Indians 14
• MAN'S JACKET OF PORCUPINE QUILLWORK. Made by Plains Indians 14
• CREWEL DESIGN, drawn and colored, which dates back to Colonial times 18
• TESTER embroidered in crewels in shades of blue on white homespun linen. Said to have been brought to Essex, Mass., in 1640, by Madam Susanna, wife of Sylvester Eveleth 22
• RAISED EMBROIDERY ON BLACK VELVET. Nineteenth century American 22
• QUILTED COVERLET made by Ann Gurnee 26
• HOMESPUN WOOLEN BLANKET with King George's Crown embroidered with home-dyed blue yarn in the corner. From the Burdette home at Fort Lee, N. J., where Washington was entertained 26
• CHEROKEE ROSE BLANKET, made about 1830, of homespun wool with "Indian Rose" design about nineteen inches in diameter worked in the corners in home-dyed yarns of black, red, yellow, and dark green. From the Westervelt collection 26
• BED SET, Keturah Baldwin pattern, designed, dyed, and worked by The Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework, Deerfield, Mass. 32
• BED COVERS worked in candle wicking 32
• SAMPLER worked by Adeline Bryant in 1826, now in the possession of Anna D. Trowbridge, Hackensack, N. J. 50
• SAMPLER embroidered in colors on écru linen, by Mary Ann Marley, aged twelve, August 30, 1820 52
• SAMPLER embroidered in brown on écru linen, by Martha Carter Fitzhugh, of Virginia, in 1793, and left unfinished at her death 52