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Sampler
Mexican
early 19th century
Object Place: Mexico
Medium/Technique
Linen plain weave embroidered with silk
Dimensions
44 x 38.5 cm (17 5/16 x 15 3/16 in. )
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Edward C. Moore, and Miss Mary Magoun Brown, in memory of their mother, Mrs. John Crosby Brown
Accession Number50.4026
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionUnfinished sampler worked in cross, long armed cross, and drawn work stitches; borders of stylized flowers in octagons and small-scale angular flowering vines, single vertical band (unfinished) of concentric lozenges, in upper part four lines of alphabet letters worked in black; a number of stains.
ProvenanceGift of Mrs. Edward C. Moore and Miss Mary Magoun Brown to MFA, 1950