Silk Needlework Williams Coat of Arms

Description:

Silk Needlework Williams Coat of Arms, attributed to The Misses Pattens' School, Hartford, Connecticut, 1800-10, silk, gold, and silver metallic threads, gold metallic cord, and ink on silk, featuring a raised-work eagle with a swagged floral garland dependent from its beak, and supported by corner bowknots, central raised-work fish crest over a green velvet shield embellished with a raised-work rampant lion, partly surrounded by crossed palm fronds with an encircling banner reading "REGARD," "WILLIAMS," and "THE END" in ink above the initials "NGW" and another swagged floral garland, (tears, minor stains),15 3/4 x 12 5/8 in. (sight).

Note: The Misses Pattens' School was founded in the early 19th century in Hartford with three sisters as instructors, and continued successfully until 1825.

Literature: A similar needlework of the Williams coat of arms made by Jerusha Mather Williams (1783-1844),is illustrated in the catalog of the exhibition THE GREAT RIVER: Art & Society of the Connecticut River Valley, 1635-1820,Wadsworth Antheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, 22 September 1985-6 January 1986.
Estimate $3,000-5,000

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