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Band sampler
Sampler
Band sampler
Hannah Thornbush (British)
English
mid-17th century
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Linen plain weave ground embroidered with silk
Dimensions
33.25 x 7.38 cm (13 1/16 x 2 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.278
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionBand sampler embroidered in silk with floral bands, alphabet, and "Hannah Thornbush is my name and when I was nine years of age I end." Embroidered with satin, cross, long-armed cross, Montenegrin cross, Algerian-eye, running, double running, and buttonhole and whipped stem stitches.
ProvenanceLent by Miss Elizabeth Day McCormick, February 15, 1943; gift of Elizabeth Day McCormick to MFA, 1943