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Whitework sampler
English
mid-17th century
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Linen plain weave ground embroidered with linen
Dimensions
114.2 x 17 cm (44 15/16 x 6 11/16 in.) (detail shown)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Alma Greene and Miss Sarah Eloise Greene in memory of their sister, Lilian Greene
Accession Number46.369
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWhitework sampler illustrating progression from pulled work through cutwork including various forms of reticella, bottom 2 bands with free-form needlelace with Adam and Eve at bottom. Mermaid with mirror(?) fourth band from bottom.
Stitches: pulled work including double hem; cut work including buttonhole and buttonhole filling.
Stitches: pulled work including double hem; cut work including buttonhole and buttonhole filling.
ProvenanceLent by the Misses Greene, March 21, 1938; gift of Miss Alma Greene and Miss Sarah Eloise Greene to MFA, 1946