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Sampler
Mexican
19th century
Object Place: Mexico
Medium/Technique
Linen plain weave embroidered with silk and cotton
Dimensions
39.2 x 36 cm (15 7/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Special Textile Fund
Accession Number45.489
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CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionEmbroidered with geometric and floral bands; squared off sections at bottom filled with canvas work in polychrome silk and pulled work. Inscription now unreadable, "Lo iso Maria ..." Stitches: Cretan, counted satin, cross, eyelet, Florentine, long-armed cross, and running; cut and pulled work.
ProvenanceMFA purchase from Dr. William A. Kingsley of Brookline, Massachusetts, June 6, 1945.