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Frye Family Coat of Arms
Frye Family Coat of Arms

Frye Family Coat of Arms

Original Owner (American)
Date1800-1820
MediumEmbroidery; silk thread on satin-woven silk ground
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 15 3/8 x 12 3/8in. (39.1 x 31.4cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionFrye family coat of arms worked in shades of medium and light blue, blue-green, pink, black, tan, khaki, and cream silk threads on a cream satin-woven silk ground, using a satin stitch and other stitches. At the top, a black eagle with outstretched wings sits atop a knight's helmet. This is flanked by coiled red flowers and leaves on a blue-green vine. Below the helmet is a shield-shaped device containing three horses on a field of green. The shield is flanked by leaves on a fine. Beneath the shield are three banners containing the words "BY THE", "NAME OF", and "FRYE"; these words are made in black silk thread. The embroidery is hand-stitched on satin-woven cream colored satin (now creased and shattered). The satin is whip-stitched at the edges to a plain-woven linen ground.

Stitches: The principal stitch on the sampler is satin; it also includes encroaching satin.

Condition: The ground is badly shattered and creased. The silk threads are faded. The backing is yellowed and stained.
Object number1985.41.0
On View
Not on view
Gift of Emily Strickland, 1939.8.1  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © 2009 The Connecticut Histo…
Lucy Ripley
1804-1805
Gift of Jane W. Stone, 1935.10.1  Photograph by David Stansbury.  © 2009 The Connecticut Histor…
Jerusha Pitkin
about 1750-1755
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1998.145.0  Photograph by David Stansbury.  © 2009 T…
Millicent A. Clark
about 1820
Gift of Helen L. Perkins, 1949.5.0  Photograph by David Stansbury.  © 2009 The Connecticut Hist…
Charlotte Perkins
1810-1815
Family Register
Annis Jennet Filley
1826
1991.60.14  © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Laura Hunt
about 1830
Museum purchase  1965.74.0  Photograph by David Stansbury.  © 2009 The Connecticut Historical S…
Prudence Amelia Hayden
about 1810
Sampler
Mariett Norton
1836
Needlework Picture
Unknown
1785-1815
Memorial Picture
Unknown
1800-1815