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Maker
Unknown
Date made
ca. 1800
Origin
England or US
Stitches
Running, Stem, Couching
In Bolton & Co.
No
Foundation Cloth
Silk
Embroidery Thread
Silk
Predominent Motif
Two abutting spheres show the eastern and western hemispheres as they appear before Cooks voyages and the Louisiana Purchase (1803). Title is at the top and a directional star at center bottom. Each country and each colony are done in the same color.
Inscription
(At the center top): A MAP / of the / WORLD //
Length Without Frame
19 1/16"
Width Without Frame
30 11/16"
Historical Owner
#43.1017 Gift of Elizabeth Day McCormick 1943
Owner
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Owner Private
Museum of Fine Arts