Sampler fragment

Italian

early 19th century

Object Place: Continental Europe

Medium/Technique Linen plain weave embroidered with silk

Dimensions 20.2 x 17.5 cm (7 15/16 x 6 7/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Edward C. Moore, and Miss Mary Magoun Brown, in memory of their mother, Mrs. John Crosby Brown

Accession Number50.4025

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionPart of a sampler worked in cross stitch, five motifs: running dog, landscape, rose spray, stylized vine, Greek fret. Stitches: cross.

ProvenanceGift of Mrs. Edward C. Moore and Miss Mary Magoun Brown to MFA, 1950