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Sampler
Mary Burgess (American, born in 1714 or 1715)
American (Rhode Island)
1725
Object Place: Rhode Island
Medium/Technique
Linen plain weave embroidered with silk
Dimensions
42.6 x 19.7 cm (16 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Florence R. Kenyon
Accession Number45.763
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionVerses and alphabets alternate with floral and geometric borders in polychrome silk yarns. "Mary Burges Her 1725 Sampler Made in the Tenth Year of My Age August 23"
ProvenanceLent by Miss Florence R. Kenyon, October 1, 1942; gift of Miss Florence R. Kenyon to MFA, 1945