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Maker(s):Page, Elizabeth
Culture:English
Title:needlework: ten commandments
Date Made:1754
Type:Textile
Materials:textile: silk, wool; wood, glass
Place Made:United Kingdom; England
Measurements:framed: 16 x 15 1/4 in.; 40.64 x 38.735 cm
Accession Number:  HD 1059
Credit Line:Gift of Mr. Joseph V. Reed
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Needlework embroidered in blue and yellow on a plain wool ground with the ten commandments, which has the inscription "Elizabeth page hur work fineshed / in the year 1754." The commandments are divided into two columns with 1-4 on the left and 5-10 on the right, and framed and separated by decorative stitching to look like two pages from a Bible with a stylized angel's head and wings in the center top.

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