Embroidery

Object/Artifact

Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Embroidery

Entry/Object ID

2025.22.003

Description

Small embroidery "worked by Hope Maxwell in 1784". Features the fable of " The Fox and the Grapes", possibly combining it with "The Fox and the Crow", as there is a crow (or raven) sitting atop a house. The house is surrounded by grape vines with bunches of grapes hanging from them. The fox tries to jump up to reach them. Worked in shades of green, brown, white, purple, and black.

Collection

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Made/Created

Artist

Maxwell, Hope

Date made

1784

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Makers Mark

Location

Bottom of embroidery

Transcription

Worked by Hope Maxwell in 1784

Language

English

Material/Technique

Embroidered

Lexicon

Search Terms

Sampler, Girlhood embroidery

Dimensions

Height

7 in

Width

9-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Dimensions with frame

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Maxwell, Hope