Object name: Samples of embroidery stitches / Object class: Embroidery (visual works) / Collector: Lila Morris O'Neale - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Samples of embroidery stitches, accession number 3-29308a-cc, described as Textile samples; group of Guatemalan embroidery technique samples, attributed to Lila O'Neale - several types of edging, closure and embellishment shown; provenience notes attached. i) panel with 2 samples of embroidery from Guatemala. 1: yellow leaves and flower stems attached to a twining green stem. uses chain and buttonhole stitches. 2: bordered panel (red chain stitch) filled with flowers and leaves (red, pink, purple, brown, aqua, green) using buttonhole stitch. j) sample containing 3 samples of Guatemalan embroidery on linen base fabric. 1: chain stitch formed into a roundel. 2: French knots formed into a circle. 3: couching of yellow ochre thread with ecru thread forming a roundel. n) samples of embroidery stitches used to join 2 pieces of fabric attached to a supporting piece of paper. 4 stitch samples. paper labels pasted to backing fabric define location and information about each stitch. also notes on backing paper made by Donor. o) sample containing 16 sample Guatemalan embroidery stitches with information tags pasted to backing of fabric defining origin of stitch and sometimes type of stitch. backing fabric appears to be linen.