1926
Embroidered panel
Magenta silk brocade panel, hand embroidered in cream, green, browns, pinks, blues & black with vases and planted flowers representing a garden; colors; black pen outlines on back side shows many of the embroidered motifs were changed during creation; 86” x 14”; two selvedge edges, two raw edges; good condition
The whole Fox family felt that travel was education and Moses Fox routinely took long trips abroad. This would have been bought by Moses or Theresa Sterns Fox for their daughter, who was at home with her husband and young girls. Beatrice Fox Auerbach and her husband George and their girls did travel to Ireland in 1928, the year before George died of a coronary thrombosis.
Provenance:
Auerbach, Beatrice Fox Hartford, CT.
Construction Label:
Embroidered silk
1970M 1926.5
Magenta silk brocade panel, hand embroidered in cream, green, browns, pinks, blues & black with vases and planted flowers representing a garden; colors; black pen outlines on back side shows many of the embroidered motifs were changed during creation; 86” x 14”; two selvedge edges, two raw edges; good condition
The whole Fox family felt that travel was education and Moses Fox routinely took long trips abroad. This would have been bought by Moses or Theresa Sterns Fox for their daughter, who was at home with her husband and young girls. Beatrice Fox Auerbach and her husband George and their girls did travel to Ireland in 1928, the year before George died of a coronary thrombosis.
Provenance:
Auerbach, Beatrice Fox Hartford, CT.
Construction Label:
Embroidered silk
1970M 1926.5