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Maker(s):Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework
Culture:American (1896-1926)
Title:table mat
Date Made:1896-1926
Type:Household Accessory; Textile
Materials:textile: blue linen embroidery; white, plain-weave linen
Place Made:United States; Massachusetts; Deerfield
Measurements:image: 18 1/4 x 18 3/4 in.; frame: 20 1/4 x 20 3/4 in.
Accession Number:  HD 1999.35
Credit Line:Gift in Memory of Virginia Shaw Rockwell (1922-1998); daughter of Florence Stebbins Shaw (1888-1966); grandaughter of Elizabeth MacMahon Stebbins (1858-1919)
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Framed and matted blue and white embroidery, including "D" in one of the four blue floral motifs, marking this piece as produced by the Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework (1896-1926). Born Florence Copeland Stebbins (1888-1966), Florence Stebbins Shaw married Albert Elmer Shaw (1886-1952) in Deerfield in 1913 and then lived in Webster, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Charles Henry Stebbins (b.1859) who married Mary Elizabeth MacMahon (1858-1919) of Providence, RI, in 1880; granddaughter of Evander Graves Stebbins (1821-1885) and Matilda Childs Stebbins (1824-1885) of Deerfield; and great granddaughter of Zebina Stebbins 1797-1879) and Ruby Graves Stebbins (1796-1877) of Deerfield.

Subjects:
Linen; Embroidery; Textile fabrics

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