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Sampler

Italian
1813
Object Place: Italy

Medium/Technique Linen plain weave ground embroidered with silk
Dimensions 35 x 7.5 cm (13 3/4 x 2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Edward C. Moore, and Miss Mary Magoun Brown, in memory of their mother, Mrs. John Crosby Brown
Accession Number50.4023
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionEmbroidery sampler worked in cross stitch; at top date 1813, four rows of alphabet letters, symbols and numerals, at bottom: CATERINA PETRUCCI, between and at sides of inscription symbols of the passion, stylized trees, birds, dog, and butterfly.
ProvenanceGift of Mrs. Edward C. Moore and Miss Mary Magoun Brown to MFA, 1950