Name/Title
Leslie Levison, Band Sampler BandEntry/Object ID
2020.BS.13Tags
Band Sampler, Surface Embroidery, World's Longest Band SamplerDescription
Ivory silk satin backing fabric stitched with silk ribbon, cotton perle, and applied beads, rhinestones and metal pailettes of different shapes and sizes. Embroidery is of a garden with side cascading plants, a sun, a stitched dragonfly, and an applied buttlerfly.Collection
World's Longest Band Sampler ProjectMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Leslie LevisonRole
Project participantDate made
2019Time Period
21st CenturyPlace
* Untyped Place
Waterbury, CT, USANotes
Language: English
Style: Surface Embroidery,Ribbon Embroidery
Technique: Surface Embroidery,Ribbon EmbroideryInscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionLocation
CenterTranscription
Leslie Levison/Waterbury, CTLanguage
EnglishMaterial/Technique
EmbroideryType
DateLocation
BottomTranscription
8/13/'54Material/Technique
Ink, In Artist's HandNotes
Artist's birthdateMaterial
Cotton, cotton embroidery floss, Buttons, RhinestonesProvenance
Notes
Provenance Date: September 2020
Participant in World's Longest Band Sampler project
Provenance Person: Leslie Levison
Provenance Place: Waterbury, CT