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Sampler
Mexican
18th–19th century
Object Place: Mexico
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain weave embroidered with silk
Dimensions
38 x 85.9 cm (14 15/16 x 33 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Edward C. Moore, and Miss Mary Magoun Brown, in memory of their mother, Mrs. John Crosby Brown
Accession Number50.4028
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CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionLong unfinished sampler worked on cream cotton; left half a series of horizontal bands showing great variety of drawn work stitches, darning stitches, and surface stitches in floral and geometric motifs; right side a series of horizontal bands worked largely with blue, pink, and red silks in variety of pulled work stitches and some cross stitch; on top edge fragments of needlepoint entre-deux; a number of small holes.
ProvenanceGift of Mrs. Edward C. Moore and Miss Mary Magoun Brown to MFA, 1950