Embroidery

Applied Arts

Inventory number
2025.8.5.10.AA.TX.C1790.FR
Description
Chenille and water color on silk canvas depicting a rural scene of a shephardess and her goat. The girl wears an apronned dress, ribboned straw hat, and holds a stick while smelling a rose. She stands at the banks of a river. On the other side of the bank is a small stone house. In the distance is a church spire.
Materials
Chenille
Watercolor
Silk
Origin
circa 1790 France