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Sampler
British
first half of 17th century
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Linen plain weave embroidered with silk and metallic thread and decorated with ink
Dimensions
18.38 x 15.75 cm (7 1/4 x 6 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Samuel Cabot, Mrs. John Templeman Coolidge, Mrs. H. G. Cutler, Mrs. J. L. Hall, Mrs. E. J. Holmes, Mrs. E. P. May, and Mrs. Frederick S. Mosely
Accession Number33.667
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionSpot motif sampler. Loosely-woven natural-colored linen ground embroidered in silk and metallic thread with a number of detached naturalistic and geometric patterns. On right are 3 large plants (columbine, rose, and honeysuckle) two small sprigs a fly, caterpillar, and a bird. On left are rosettes, acorns, strap-work, S-forms within compartments, lozenges, etc. Stitches (ref: Mrs. A. Christie) tent, cross, back, rococo, stem, Roumanian, plaited, braid, satin, darning, drawn and composite stitches worked with gold and silver thread (gilded silver wound on yellow silk and silver wound on white silk) and silk (red, pinks, greens, yellowish-greens, yellows, blues, cream. Edged with buttonholing; letters C S (backwards) O, I, S, H, D, and P E, apparently without meaning. Designs of birds traced in lower right corner are worked over with unrelated geometric patterns. Unfinished. Stained, lower left corner torn.
ProvenanceGift of Mrs. Samuel Cabot, Mrs. J. T. Coolidge, Mrs. H. G. Cutler, Gift of Mrs. J. L. Hall, Mrs. E. J. Holmes, Mrs. E. P. May, and Mrs. Frederick S. Mosely to MFA, 1933