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Adelaide Shepherdess of the Alps
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Adelaide Shepherdess of the Alps

Unknown · ca. 1795

Medium: silk, linen, paint Technique: embroidered satin and knot stitches with painted details
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt

Embroidered picture has a shepherdess seated near a tree with her sheep by her side. Rolling hills form the background. Oval opening on back-painted glass with gold flowers in the corners.

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