Winding Yarn (Interior of a Nantucket Kitchen)

Eastman Johnson’s “Winding Yarn (Interior of a Nantucket Kitchen)” depicts a Nantucket kitchen interior in 1872. Oil on board. Cleveland Museum of Art.

The painting is small in scale. Its support is oil on board, not the more common canvas.

Johnson captured domestic scenes with care. This work shows a woman winding yarn, a quiet moment in a kitchen.

Eastman Johnson co-founded the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He was known for his genre paintings and portraits.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.682