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Sampler
Abigail Pearson, American1802
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Two fragments of a long sampler stitched together, embroidered in black, green and yellow on a darkened linen ground. The top half has alphabets and the inscription with a floral vine border; the lower half has many horizontal bands of simple stitches and patterns, and an alphabet.
Details
- Title: Sampler
- Creator: Abigail Pearson, American
- Date Created: 1802
- Location Created: USA
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave foundation
- Credit line: Gift of Myra and William H. Mathers
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