Placemats, Set of Nine
Dateca. 1940
MediumCotton embroidery thread on a cotton ground of 33 x 31 threads per inch
DimensionsOW: 15 7/8" × OH: 10 3/4" (40.3 × 27.3cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Colin G. Campbell
Object number2019-131,1-9
DescriptionThis is a set of nine placemats. Each placemat consists of isolated cross-stitched motifs worked in shades of blue, red, yellow, orange, brown, peach, green, white, and purple on a natural-color white cotton ground. Motifs include: candlesticks (2); Colonial lady seated in front of a well; Colonial man; horse-drawn carriage with coachman and footman; African-American female figure churning butter; African-American lady in wide hooped gown standing at Palace gate; coffee pot; multicolored bowl; and baskets of flowers/fruit (3). In the center of each placemat is a cross-stitched rendition of the Governor's Palace. Centered at bottom of each placemat is the cross-stitched inscription; "COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG." The motifs are enclosed in a border of blue cross stitches with three-sprigged red flowers in each corner.Inscribed"COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG"
ProvenanceFrom Abby Aldrich Rockefeller To Abigail Aldrich Rockefeller Milton (1903-1976) to Abigail Rockefeller Milton O'Neill (b. 1928) and Steven and Barbara Rockefeller (son of Nelson Rockefeller) to Nancy and Colin Campbell, who gifted the placemats to CWF.
ca. 1940
June 30, 1814 (dated)
Dated 1831
ca. 1860
1914
1841
1902
1854 (dated)