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Berlinwork sampler
European
mid-19th century
Object Place: Europe
Medium/Technique
Cotton (?) plain weave embroidered with wool
Dimensions
194 x 18 cm (76 3/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.996
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionAt the top are areas of geometric and linear motives in flame, satin, cross and other stitches. The remaining three-quarters has a great variety of floral and religious motives. These include, funerary monuments, crucifixes, floral groupings, vines and blossoms, bucolic scenes and the word "glaube" (faith). Slightly stained and soiled. Stitches: brick, counted satin, cross, florentine, running, tent.
ProvenanceGift of Elizabeth Day McCormick to MFA, 1943