Linen bedhangings with wool crewel embroidery; maple bedstead

Creator:

Bulman, Mary, 1715-after 1745

Published/Created:

York, ME
1745

Notes:

Mary Bulman (from York, Maine) began working these linen hangings after the death of her husband during the battle of Louisburg in 1745. The crewel work patterns and use of tape along the borders of the valances reveal that Mary had been instructed in needlework in the Boston area and had access to drawn patterns and imported wool materials. She personalized these hangings in a way that reveals her loss: along the valances are verses from Isaac Watts's "Meditations in a Grove."--E. Cooke

Topics:

Textiles -- United States -- 18th century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Colonial

Culture:

American

Accession Number:

250794

Genre:

bed hangings (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Furnishings & Decorative Arts

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Note:

R: Personal slide, E. Cooke

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

Portfolio Item ID: 11292

OID:

309686

PID:

digcoll:2230622