Prudence Geer Punderson

Bird pattern from a set of bed hangings,
ca. 1770 Attributed to Prudence Geer Punderson(1735-1822)
North Groton (now Ledyard) or Preston, Connecticut

Finished size: 5” x 5”

Shown with optional 5 x 5 inch Simply Square Box (#99721) by Sudberry House.

This exotic bird will delight today’s novice needle worker. This is a counted cross stitch adaptation of the crewel work bird on the Punderson Family Bed Curtains attributed to Prudence Geer Punderson.  

The Punderson family produced several notable needlewomen in the eighteenth century. In addition to Prudence Geer Punderson, her daughters also produced fine needlework that has survived. Prudence Punderson Rossiter created “The First, Middle, and Last Scenes of Mortality,” most recently on display at the Brooklyn Museum of Art in New York. A sampler by daughter Hannah Punderson Stanton is on display in the exhibition “Connecticut Needlework” as is a whole cloth quilt attributed to Sylvia Punderson Morgan.

Kit developed by Marietta Douglas.

This kit includes:

• complete instructions
• easy-to-read color graph
• history of the Punderson bed curtains, inspiration for "The Peacock"
• 18 count Aida cloth, approx 7 1/2" x 7 1/2"
• 10 colors DMC thread, 6 strand 100% cotton embroidery floss
• 24 gauge tapestry needle

Availabe with and without box.