Museum Object Number1958.2226 A |
Needlework coat of arms (Embroidered hatchment)
Textiles (Needlework)
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Ann Flower (Maker)
Ann Flower was from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She worked a needlework coat of arms in 1763. She also worked a cover for a "Book of Common Prayer" in 1765, the year of her marriage to Samuel Wheeler (1742-1820). A quilt signed by Ann can be found at Colonial Williamsburg.
1743
1778
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Silk; Metal
Embroidered, Woven (plain)
Hand-embroidered
8 (L) , 8.5 (W)
20.32 (L) , 21.59 (W)
The measurements are of the area visible within the frame.
This is a needlework coat of arms wrought by Ann Flower of Philadelphia in 1763. It was worked with silk and metallic threads on cream silk moire. Ann's prayer book cover, dated 1765, is also in Winterthur's collection. Colonial Williamsburg also owns a quilt signed by Ann. This coat of arms seems to represent an accurate version of the Flower family arms. Here they bear the cypher "A F" for Ann Flower.
[Book] Swan, Susan Burrows. 1995 Plain and Fancy: American Women and their Needlework, 1650-1850.
• Published: p. 105, fig. 52
[Book] Swan, Susan Burrows. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to American Needlework.
• Published: p. 137, fig. 97