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Needlework Pattern Fragments

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactpos.07.11a-d
Artist
Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)
Date
1812 – 1898
Medium
gouache on paper; card
Catalogue Number
PoS.07.11a-d
Description
Four hand-painted needlework pattern fragments. a) a multi-coloured butterfly with curled antennae.b) two floral designs, one with a purple flower, the other blue, white and red.c) a white flower with brown stem and three green leaves.d) black rectangle with yellow and red floral pattern. Red flowe…
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Artist
Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)
Title
Needlework Pattern Fragments
Date
1812 – 1898
Medium
gouache on paper; card
Description
Four hand-painted needlework pattern fragments. a) a multi-coloured butterfly with curled antennae.b) two floral designs, one with a purple flower, the other blue, white and red.c) a white flower with brown stem and three green leaves.d) black rectangle with yellow and red floral pattern. Red flowers have bright green leaves.All appear to be cut from a gridded pattern card.
Subject
insect
butterfly
floral
pattern
needlework
decorative;
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
PoS.07.11a-d
Images
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Procession of Daimyo (Feudal Lords)

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Artist
Sakurai Seppo (1753 – 1824, Japanese)
Date
prior to 1880
Medium
silk
Catalogue Number
SeP.15.01
Description
A three-dimensional silk scene of various insects in procession depicting a feudal lord going up to the capital city. The insects and all elements of the picture are hand made of silk on a silk background. Extremely fine work, exceptional detail. Leading the procession are 3 grasshoppers (heralds) …
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Artist
Sakurai Seppo (1753 – 1824, Japanese)
Title
Procession of Daimyo (Feudal Lords)
Date
prior to 1880
Medium
silk
Dimensions
40.0 x 84.0 cm
Description
A three-dimensional silk scene of various insects in procession depicting a feudal lord going up to the capital city. The insects and all elements of the picture are hand made of silk on a silk background. Extremely fine work, exceptional detail. Leading the procession are 3 grasshoppers (heralds) followed by: 2 wasps carrying blue flowers, 2 crickets carrying morning glory flowers, 2 grasshoppers (big and strong) carrying biggest standards, 2 mantis carrying chest, 4 bearers (grasshoppers, 2 carrying, 2 backups) carrying a golden beetle (feudal lord) in a fine insect cage, 8 dancers (wasps), one lagging behind, 1 large grasshopper bearing beetle (parade marshall), 11 wasps and grasshoppers carrying food staples. i.e. honeycone, rice, wheat, beans, persimmon hill left foreground and right background with light brush strokes depicting grasses. Gold powder used as scenery highlights. Ref. pp 14-15, Vol.I,E.S. Morse Japan Day by Day, Houghton Mifflin Co., Riverside Press Cambridge, Boston and New York, 1917. Same artist, Seppo, made fans 103.08.0261 in Whyte House - WH-U2 sw.
Subject
mythological
insect
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
SeP.15.01
Images
Less detail
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