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Maria Elzelina Cristina Hazen (Dutch)
Dutch
1841
Object Place: Holland
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain weave embroidered with silk
Dimensions
35.5 x 35.7 cm (14 x 14 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Edward C. Moore, and Miss Mary Magoun Brown, in memory of their mother, Mrs. John Crosby Brown
Accession Number50.4010
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionSampler worked on closely woven white linen with polychrome silks, dark green, dark red, and taupe predominating in cross stitch; border on all four sides of minute strawberry vine, ground arranged in horizontal rows of alphabet letters in different styles and Arabic numerals; at bottom inscription: "Maria. Elzelina Cristina Hazen Oud 10. IAAR 1841"
Stitches: cross, eyelet.
Stitches: cross, eyelet.
ProvenanceGift of Mrs. Edward C. Moore and Miss Mary Magoun Brown to MFA, 1950