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Sampler
German
1811
Object Place: Germany
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain weave embroidered with silk
Dimensions
46.2 x 44.4 cm (18 3/16 x 17 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 Number50.4019
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionCentral square panel with striped border of darning stitches enclosing tree with bird feeding young in cross stitch, sixteen areas, many cross shapes showing variety of darning stitches around central square; beneath tree initials: A. V. D. B. and ANNO 1811 in cross stitch.
ProvenanceGift of Mrs. Edward C. Moore and Miss Mary Magoun Brown to MFA, 1950