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Sampler

Rosa Guadalupe (Spanish)
Spanish
1849
Object Place: Spain

Medium/Technique Cotton plain weave embroidered with silk
Dimensions 30.5 x 14 cm (12 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Edward C. Moore, and Miss Mary Magoun Brown, in memory of their mother, Mrs. John Crosby Brown
Accession Number50.4032
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionSmall square sampler worked in cross, long armed cross, satin, and double running stitches; upper part of sampler divided into narrow horizontal bands of geometric forms and much stylized angular vines, in lower third inscription: Lohizo de la ROSA Guadalupe a 26 de JULIO de 1849; all edges hemstitched.
ProvenanceGift of Mrs. Edward C. Moore and Miss Mary Magoun Brown to MFA, 1950