Decorative Needlework

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Decorative Needlework

Entry/Object ID

1976.12

Description

Framed embroidered picture consisting of the word "CHARITY" in gothic script surround by the phrases "ENVIETH NOT," "THINKETH NO EVIL," "HOPETH ALL THINGS," "ENDURETH ALL THINGS," "NEVER FAILETH," "SUFFERETH LONG," and "ENVIETH NOT," each separated into its own banner. The words are stitched with variegated wool yarn in shades of pink and white. They are intersperced with leaves stitched in variegated wool yarn in shades of green and yellow. The ground is pierced paper.

Acquisition

Accession

1976.12

Source or Donor

Kent, Edwin

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Needlepoint

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Embroidery

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Needlework

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

10-3/8 in

Width

22-3/4 in

Depth

1 in

Material

Wool, Paper, Cardboard, Wood, Glass