Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Embroidered Ship Portraits
June 3, 1986 – September 7, 1986
On view are some 50 embroidered "ship portraits," which, like scrimshaw, were the work of 19th-century sailors during slow times at sea. They are on loan from public and private collections in the U.S. and Europe. On view during the celebration of the centennial of the Statue of Liberty and the complementary Parade of Tall Ships.
