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Sampler
1760
Object Place: Holland
Medium/Technique
Linen plain weave embroidered with silk
Dimensions
32.5 x 50 cm (12 13/16 x 19 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Edward C. Moore, and Miss Mary Magoun Brown, in memory of their mother, Mrs. John Crosby Brown
Accession Number50.4009
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionSampler worked on loose natural linen with polychrome silks in cross stitch, at top two rows of alphabet letters and Arabic numerals, rest of sampler filled with great variety of motifs in different scales including fox, double headed eagle, under crown spining monkey, deer, bird with flower in beak, stylized trees, many carrying grapes, etc.; in center bottom name HAART and date dec (?) 12, 1760. Stitches: cross.
ProvenanceGift of Mrs. Edward C. Moore and Miss Mary Magoun Brown to MFA, 1950