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Sampler fragment
Spanish
mid-19th century
Object Place: Spain
Medium/Technique
Linen plain weave embroidered with wool
Dimensions
35.7 x 51.5 cm (14 1/16 x 20 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Edward C. Moore, and Miss Mary Magoun Brown, in memory of their mother, Mrs. John Crosby Brown
Accession Number50.4033
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionPart of a sampler worked on a brown linen buckram, central scene of two hunters and two dogs, one retrieving, central group surrounded by large-scale alphabet letters, below central group inscription: "Colegio de las Misericordia", wool colors faded, buckram ground stained.
ProvenanceGift of Mrs. Edward C. Moore and Miss Mary Magoun Brown to MFA, 1950