- Maker
- Unknown
- Date made
- 1798
- Origin
- Litchfield Academy, CT US
- Stitches
- Satin, Stem
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Silk
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- A shepherdess in a long dress sits in a wooded glen. She holds a garland of flowers in her hands, her crook is at her feet and her sheep are close by. Painted face and sky. A flowered garland surrounds the oval embroidery with a bow across the top.
- Inscription
- No inscription.
- Length Without Frame
- 17"
- Width Without Frame
- 14 1/8"
- Historical Owner
- #95.24 Gift of Mr. Robert Narkis, 1995
- Owner
- Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT.
- Owner Private
- Mattatuck Museum
- Name of School
- Litchfield Academy, Litchfield, CT 1792-1833