Needlework Seat Cover
Date1971-1972
MediumLinen twill, wool
Credit LineGift of the Connecticut River Valley Chapter of The Embroiderers' Guild of America
DescriptionA needlework depicting several Connecticut related images, including: a Sikorsky helicopter; a Noah Webster dictionary; farm tools; a robin, the Connecticut state bird; a Colt revolver; a spool of thread; a bicycle; a submarine; the Connecticut Charter; a railroad with a train engine; a Goodyear rubber tire; a laurel, the state flower; a Seth Thomas clock; a merino sheep ; an oak leaf; silver-plate cup and spoon; a piece of leather; a Yale lock; feathers and a tomahawk representing the Pequot War; a Danbury hat; a newspaper; tobacco leaves; copper coins; a Revolutionary War soldier; a Mayflower.
Object number1975.3.14
Subject Terms
- Sikorsky helicopters
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Webster, Noah, 1758-1843
- Farm equipment
- Birds
- Colts Patent Firearms Manufacturing Co.
- Bicycles
- Submarines (Ships)
- Railroads
- Rubber industry
- Clocks and watches
- Sheep
- Flowers
- Leaves
- Silver industry
- Locks and keys
- Hat trade
- Newspapers
- Tobacco
- Coins
- United States History Revolution, 1775-1783
- Seat Covers
- Crewelwork
- Hartford
- Collections Cataloging
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