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Sampler

Unknown1880

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Five alphabets introduced by a Maltese cross. Field divided into bands of isolated motifs at bottom field has bands of repeating pattern.

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Details

Title: Sampler
Creator: Unknown
Date Created: 1880
Physical Dimensions: w488 x h610 cm
Type: Sampler
Rights: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer
Medium: Medium: silk and cotton embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross and satin stitches on plain weave foundation
Inscribed: M.D.
Dimensions: H x W: 61 x 48.6 cm (24 x 19 1/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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