Object Number 1953.0171.001 B

Object Name

Frame

Category

Frames

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Place of Origin

New Hampshire or Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1740-1760

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Note on the back of the frame; "The Penhallow Arms---Rabbets--- / (A goat all proper-)as the Crest. / Done in tent-stitch by the wife of Deacon / Samuel Penhalllow (Prudence Kneeland of / Boston, Mass\tts & quartered with the Arms of Kneeland and Count Pantvannon [?] who mar/ried a Penhallow. The national Fleur/de-lis was probably used simply to de/note a French alliance." (handwritten)

Materials

Wood; Gesso; Gilt; Paint

Techniques

Carved, Gilt

Dimensions (inches)

34 (H) , 34.25 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

86.36 (H) , 86.995 (W)

Object Description

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