Lyle Tayson: Seamstress Craftsmen

Artist: Lyle Tayson
1924 -
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1977
Image Size: 20.25 by 26 inches
Overall Size: 24 by 30 inches
Medium: Oil on Canvas

In Colonial times, sewing and repairing clothes were part of the usual work of most women rather than a separate craft or trade. In some areas of the frontier, a woman would make all of her family's clothing from thread she herself had spun from wool sheared from her own sheep or from flax she had grown. When America's War for Independence began, the need for uniforms, cloth equipment, and flags naturally increased. Almost every woman skilled with a needle sewed as much as she could. The trade of Seamstress grew, as wives and daughters were forced to forsake the needle to do the work on family farms while husbands and sons were away in the army. This makeshift system struggled to keep up with the army's needs. It was touch and go until France came to America's aid. News of the Franco-American Alliance reached the army at Valley Forge on May 1, 1778, and greatly heartened the hungry and poorly-equipped troops. General Washington had thought -- until just before the French announced their aid -- that they could not go on much longer: "We have this day no less than 2,898 men now in Camp unfit for duty because they are barefoot and naked." That the army lasted as long as it did is a tribute to the men and women who gave of their strength and the skill of their hands. The artwork depicts a Seamstress sewing the uniform of American soldiers.

This painting originally appeared on the Fleetwood® First Day Cover for the U.S. 13¢ Seamstress stamp issue of July 4, 1977.

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