Woman Interrupted: Legacies of the Silk Road

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Artist: Merill Comeau

Title: Woman Interrupted: Legacies of the Silk Road

Attribution: Woman Interrupted: Legacies of the Silk Road

Year: 2023

Materials: gifted unfinished crewel embroidery tablecloth, contemporary embroidery, stenciled historic crewel patterns

Dimensions: 70h x 48w

Image Statement: Acquired anonymously, this linen tablecloth of crewel embroidery outlines sported only a small section of completed work. Finding the evidence of begun and interrupted decorative effort, I decided to ‘complete’ the project by embroidering large colorful stitches to outline and the incomplete elements. An inherited piece of crewel embroidery I have hanging in my dining room provided inspiration for the beige stenciled abstractions of pomegranates and traditional crewel motifs that fill the voids. This piece contains connections to women known/unknown and history/modernity.