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Cobb family arms [needlework picture]

Cobb family arms [needlework picture] Needlework (including black silk, silk and gilt thread, beads)
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Needlework (including black silk, silk and gilt thread, beads) attributed to Sally Cobb Paine, circa 1760-1765

47.5 cm H x 39 cm W

Textiles 02.023


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[ This description is from the project: Object of History, 2013 Exhibit ]

Sally Cobb was the daughter of Lydia (1707-1762) and Thomas Cobb (1705-1779) of Taunton, Massachusetts. She apparently went to school in Boston, where needlework of this splendid quality was taught to the daughters of Massachusetts’ elite families. Sally married Robert Treat Paine, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, in 1770.