Sampler

Increase Giberson, English1796

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Within a curving border of carnations and tulips two texts, flowers, parents' names and initials. At bottom large house on lawn with sheep. This looks like an English prototype of a later Pennsylvania work.

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Title: Sampler
Creator: Increase Giberson, English
Date Created: 1796
Location Created: England
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, satin, stem, roumanian, and half cross stitches on plain weave foundation
Credit line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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