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Sampler
Spanish
1817
Object Place: Spain
Medium/Technique
Linen plain weave embroidered with silk
Dimensions
17.9 x 90.5 cm (7 1/16 x 35 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. George R. Fearing
Accession Number43.152
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionBand sampler embroidered at one end with decorative borders and at the other with three large crosses with scattered pictoral motifs. Stitches include: back, cross, double faggot, and pulled work. Inscribed: "Hecho por Maria Laimon I Sanchis"
Provenance1943, Mrs. George Richmond Fearing, Boston; 1943, gift of Mrs. George R. Fearing to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 15, 1943)