Each back stamped F, the backs probably reshaped; the set of 18th century gros and petit point needlework covers comprised of four back-covers and five seat-covers, each depicting Biblical figures or figures in 18th century dress, all within pastoral settings
51 in. (129.5 cm.) high

Gift of Irwin Untermeyer, 1964
American Collecting in the English Tradition: Property of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Christie's New York, 27 October 2015, lot 205.

P. Remington, English Domestic Needlework of the VI, VII and VIII Centuries, New York, 1945, fig. 65.
Y. Hackenbroch, English Furniture with some furniture from other countries in the Irwin Untermyer Collection, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1958, pl. 38 (color), 39-40, figs. 61-63, p. 17.
Y. Hackenbroch, English and other Needlework, Tapestries and Textiles in the Irwin Untermyer Collection, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1960, pl. 84 (color), 85-86, figs. 120-122, p. 42.
D. Cooper, ed., Great Private Collections, New York, 1963, p. 146, col. plate, (shown in situ in Judge Untermyer's Living Room).

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, English Domestic Needlework of the VI, VII and VIII Centuries, 5 November-2 December 1945.

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