Leslie Levison, Band Sampler Band

Name/Title

Leslie Levison, Band Sampler Band

Entry/Object ID

2020.BS.13

Tags

Band Sampler, Surface Embroidery, World's Longest Band Sampler

Description

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 Project

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Leslie Levison

Role

Project participant

Date made

2019

Time Period

21st Century

Place

* Untyped Place

Waterbury, CT, USA

Notes

Language: English Style: Surface Embroidery,Ribbon Embroidery Technique: Surface Embroidery,Ribbon Embroidery

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

Center

Transcription

Leslie Levison/Waterbury, CT

Language

English

Material/Technique

Embroidery

Type

Date

Location

Bottom

Transcription

8/13/'54

Material/Technique

Ink, In Artist's Hand

Notes

Artist's birthdate

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

9 in

Material

Cotton, cotton embroidery floss, Buttons, Rhinestones

Provenance

Notes

Provenance Date: September 2020 Participant in World's Longest Band Sampler project Provenance Person: Leslie Levison Provenance Place: Waterbury, CT