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Sampler

Sarah Leesley (British)
English
1739
Object Place: Great Britain

Medium/Technique Linen plain weave embroidered with linen and silk
Dimensions 22.4 x 21.7 cm (8 13/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Philip Lehman in memory of his wife Carrie L. Lehman
Accession Number38.1137
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionSquare holliepoint sampler embroidered in satin stitch, reticella, and hollie point; embroidered in holliepoint below central reticella square "Sarah Leesley"
Provenance1938, gift of Philip Lehman (b. 1861 - d. 1947), New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 14, 1938)