Square-“Seaweed and Dragon Flies”

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About this item

In 1876, an English designer bought a shipment of Japanese objects for Tiffany’s in New York City. That same year Japan’s showing at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition fostered a vogue for all things Japanese. Artists and designers were inspired by the simplicity of  their designs and adapted them to decorate every day objects.  A member of the Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework of Deerfield, Massachusetts, embroidered this piece. She placed the society’s symbol- a “D” within a wheel- in the center of the design.

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Item typeCrafts, Decorative Art
Textiles
CreatorWhiting, Margaret C.
Date1905–1915
PlaceDeerfield, Massachusetts
TopicColonial Revival, Arts and Crafts Movement
EraProgressive Era, World War I, 1900–1928
MaterialCloth
Process/FormatNeedlework
Dimension detailsHeight: 15.50 in Width: 15.00 in
Catalog #NBW.099
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Whiting, Margaret C. [Square-“Seaweed and Dragon Flies”.] Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/nbw-099/. Accessed on December 9, 2024.

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