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Sampler
German (Bavaria) or Austrian
1704
Object Place: Southern Germany
Medium/Technique
Linen plain weave embroidered with silk and metallic thread
Dimensions
61.5 x 40.5 cm (24 3/16 x 15 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Philip Lehman in memory of his wife Carrie L. Lehman
Accession Number38.1140
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionGround: light neutral linen, very ragged with right hand upper corner gone. Design: a wreath enclosing a monogram surmounted by a crown and the date 1704 and a sprinkling of flowers and birds, below this a landscape with a fountain, a shepherd and a shepherdess, and at the bottom three rows of small rectangles filled with conventional all-over patterns worked, in colored silks (several shades of green, blue, pink and violet) and tarnished metal thread.
Provenance1938, gift of Philip Lehman (b. 1861 - d. 1947), New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 14, 1938)