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Sampler
Marya Manuela de Alarcon (Mexican)
Mexican
18th–19th century
Object Place: Mexico
Medium/Technique
Linen plain weave embroidered with silk
Dimensions
35 x 48.5 cm (13 3/4 x 19 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Edward C. Moore, and Miss Mary Magoun Brown, in memory of their mother, Mrs. John Crosby Brown
Accession Number50.4029
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionSampler worked in cross, long armed cross, and pulled work stitches, left portion of sampler divided into horizontal blocks of pulled work, stylized plant and geometric forms, rest of sampler (badly worn) stylized plant forms in long armed cross stitch inscription: DE MANO DE MARYA MANUELA DE ALARCON; stained, several holes.
ProvenanceGift of Mrs. Edward C. Moore and Miss Mary Magoun Brown to MFA, 1950