Harriet Alonso, Band Sampler Band

Name/Title

Harriet Alonso, Band Sampler Band

Entry/Object ID

2020.BS.9

Tags

Canvas Work, Band Sampler, World's Longest Band Sampler, Needlepoint

Description

18 mesh mono canvas in eggshell. Stitches used: Byzantine, Mosaic, Scotch, Interlocking Gobelin, Milanese, Kalem, Roman Cross, Reversed Cashmere, in multi-color horizontal bands with a blue rectangle in the center for the stitched phrase: Stitcherhood is Powerful. Inscribed in a blue band at the bottom as H. Alonso [b. 1945] Brooklyn, NY 2019

Collection

World's Longest Band Sampler Project

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Harriet Alonso

Role

Project participant

Date made

2019

Time Period

21st Century

Place

* Untyped Place

Brooklyn, NY, USA

Notes

Language: English Style: Counted Thread Technique: Canvaswork

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

Center

Transcription

Stitcherhood is Powerful

Language

English

Type

Inscription

Location

Along bottom

Transcription

H. Alonso [b. 1945]/Brooklyn, NY 2019

Language

English

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

9 in

Provenance

Notes

Provenance Date: September 2020 Participant in World's Longest Band Sampler project Provenance Person: Harriet Alonso Provenance Place: Brooklyn, NY