The Development of Embroidery in America. Candace Wheeler

       CANDACE WHEELER. From the painting by her daughter Dora Wheeler Keith Frontispiece

       MOCCASINS OF PORCUPINE QUILLWORK. Made by Sioux Indians Facing 12

       PIPE BAGS OF PORCUPINE QUILLWORK. Made by Sioux Indians 12

       MAN'S JACKET OF PORCUPINE QUILLWORK. Made by Sioux Indians 14

       MAN'S JACKET OF PORCUPINE QUILLWORK. Made by Plains Indians 14

       CREWEL DESIGN, drawn and colored, which dates back to Colonial times 18

       TESTER embroidered in crewels in shades of blue on white homespun linen. Said to have been brought to Essex, Mass., in 1640, by Madam Susanna, wife of Sylvester Eveleth 22

       RAISED EMBROIDERY ON BLACK VELVET. Nineteenth century American 22

       QUILTED COVERLET made by Ann Gurnee 26

       HOMESPUN WOOLEN BLANKET with King George's Crown embroidered with home-dyed blue yarn in the corner. From the Burdette home at Fort Lee, N. J., where Washington was entertained 26

       CHEROKEE ROSE BLANKET, made about 1830, of homespun wool with "Indian Rose" design about nineteen inches in diameter worked in the corners in home-dyed yarns of black, red, yellow, and dark green. From the Westervelt collection 26

       BED SET, Keturah Baldwin pattern, designed, dyed, and worked by The Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework, Deerfield, Mass. 32

       BED COVERS worked in candle wicking 32

       SAMPLER worked by Adeline Bryant in 1826, now in the possession of Anna D. Trowbridge, Hackensack, N. J. 50

       SAMPLER embroidered in colors on écru linen, by Mary Ann Marley, aged twelve, August 30, 1820 52

       SAMPLER embroidered in brown on écru linen, by Martha Carter Fitzhugh, of Virginia, in 1793, and left unfinished at her death 52

       SAMPLER worked by Christiana Baird. Late eighteenth century American 54

       MEMORIAL PIECE worked in silks, on white satin. Sacred to the memory of Major Anthony Morse, who died March 22, 1805 54

       SAMPLER of Moravian embroidery, worked in 1806, by Sarah Ann Smith, of Smithtown, L. I. 54

       SAMPLER worked by Nancy Dennis, Argyle, N. Y., in 1810 56

       SAMPLER worked by Nancy McMurray, of Salem, N. Y., in 1793 56

       PETIT POINT PICTURE which belonged to President John Quincy Adams, and now in the Dwight M. Prouty collection 56

       SAMPLER in drawnwork, écru linen thread, made by Anne Gower, wife of Gov. John Endicott, before 1628 60

       SAMPLER embroidered in dull colors on écru canvas by Mary Holingworth, wife of Philip English, Salem merchant, married July, 1675, accused of witchcraft in 1692, but escaped to New York 60

       SAMPLER worked by Hattie Goodeshall, who was born February 19, 1780, in Bristol 60

       NEEDLEBOOK of Moravian embroidery made about 1850, now in the possession of Mrs. J. N. Myers, Bethlehem, Pa. 64

       MORAVIAN EMBROIDERY worked by Emily E. Reynolds, Plymouth, Pa., in 1834, at the age of twelve, while at the Moravian Seminary in Bethlehem, and now owned by her granddaughter 64

       MORAVIAN EMBROIDERY from Louisville, Ky. 66

       LINEN TOWELS embroidered in cross-stitch. Pennsylvania Dutch early nineteenth century 70

       "THE MEETING OF ISAAC AND REBECCA"—Moravian embroidered picture, an heirloom in the Reichel family of Bethlehem, Pa. Worked by Sarah Kummer about 1790 74

       "SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME"—Cross-stitch picture made about 1825, now in the possession of the Beckel family, Bethlehem, Pa. 74

       ABRAHAM AND ISAAC. Kensington embroidery by Mary Winifred Hoskins, of Edenton, N. C., while attending an English finishing school in Baltimore in 1814 76

       FIRE SCREEN embroidered in cross-stitch worsted 78

       FIRE SCREEN, design, "The Scottish Chieftain," embroidered in cross-stitch by Mrs. Mary H. Cleveland Allen 78

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