Among the women artists whose work may be seen at the Peabody Essex Museum is Mary Saltonstall Parker (1856-1920), a native of Salem, whose textile artistry was quite well known during the days of the Colonial Revival.
The fourth child and only daughter of John Francis Tuckerman and Lucy Saunders Saltonstall (1822-90), Mary was also the granddaughter of Salem's first mayor, Leverett Saltonstall. Her earliest surviving textiles, probably done when she was a teenager or young adult, demonstrate a predilection for colonial revival themes. It is not known where or if she received professional instruction, but Mary practiced a variety of needlework techniques and textile arts. As an adult, she was greatly influenced by the growing Arts and Crafts movement of the late 1800s, traveling frequently to view authentic colonial textiles and expand her own work.
Mary was also active in local charitable organizations, selling her work to raise funds for worthy causes, and she authored several books on Colonial Revival themes.
63. Paula Richter, Stories from Her Needle: Colonial Revival Samplers of Mary Saltonstall Parker (Dublin, N.H., 1999), 5.
64. Richard M. Saltonstall, Ancestry and Descendants of Richard Saltonstall (Boston, 1897), 186.
Wife of William Phineas Parker. They were married January 13, 1887. They had two children, William Broadstreet Parker and Francis Tuckerman Parker.
The fourth child and only daughter of John Francis Tuckerman and Lucy Saunders Saltonstall (1822-90), Mary was also the granddaughter of Salem's first mayor, Leverett Saltonstall. Her earliest surviving textiles, probably done when she was a teenager or young adult, demonstrate a predilection for colonial revival themes. It is not known where or if she received professional instruction, but Mary practiced a variety of needlework techniques and textile arts. As an adult, she was greatly influenced by the growing Arts and Crafts movement of the late 1800s, traveling frequently to view authentic colonial textiles and expand her own work.
Mary was also active in local charitable organizations, selling her work to raise funds for worthy causes, and she authored several books on Colonial Revival themes.
63. Paula Richter, Stories from Her Needle: Colonial Revival Samplers of Mary Saltonstall Parker (Dublin, N.H., 1999), 5.
64. Richard M. Saltonstall, Ancestry and Descendants of Richard Saltonstall (Boston, 1897), 186.
Wife of William Phineas Parker. They were married January 13, 1887. They had two children, William Broadstreet Parker and Francis Tuckerman Parker.
Among the women artists whose work may be seen at the Peabody Essex Museum is Mary Saltonstall Parker (1856-1920), a native of Salem, whose textile artistry was quite well known during the days of the Colonial Revival.
The fourth child and only daughter of John Francis Tuckerman and Lucy Saunders Saltonstall (1822-90), Mary was also the granddaughter of Salem's first mayor, Leverett Saltonstall. Her earliest surviving textiles, probably done when she was a teenager or young adult, demonstrate a predilection for colonial revival themes. It is not known where or if she received professional instruction, but Mary practiced a variety of needlework techniques and textile arts. As an adult, she was greatly influenced by the growing Arts and Crafts movement of the late 1800s, traveling frequently to view authentic colonial textiles and expand her own work.
Mary was also active in local charitable organizations, selling her work to raise funds for worthy causes, and she authored several books on Colonial Revival themes.
63. Paula Richter, Stories from Her Needle: Colonial Revival Samplers of Mary Saltonstall Parker (Dublin, N.H., 1999), 5.
64. Richard M. Saltonstall, Ancestry and Descendants of Richard Saltonstall (Boston, 1897), 186.
Wife of William Phineas Parker. They were married January 13, 1887. They had two children, William Broadstreet Parker and Francis Tuckerman Parker.
The fourth child and only daughter of John Francis Tuckerman and Lucy Saunders Saltonstall (1822-90), Mary was also the granddaughter of Salem's first mayor, Leverett Saltonstall. Her earliest surviving textiles, probably done when she was a teenager or young adult, demonstrate a predilection for colonial revival themes. It is not known where or if she received professional instruction, but Mary practiced a variety of needlework techniques and textile arts. As an adult, she was greatly influenced by the growing Arts and Crafts movement of the late 1800s, traveling frequently to view authentic colonial textiles and expand her own work.
Mary was also active in local charitable organizations, selling her work to raise funds for worthy causes, and she authored several books on Colonial Revival themes.
63. Paula Richter, Stories from Her Needle: Colonial Revival Samplers of Mary Saltonstall Parker (Dublin, N.H., 1999), 5.
64. Richard M. Saltonstall, Ancestry and Descendants of Richard Saltonstall (Boston, 1897), 186.
Wife of William Phineas Parker. They were married January 13, 1887. They had two children, William Broadstreet Parker and Francis Tuckerman Parker.
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