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Sampler
Lucy Lathropca. 1800
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Embroidered in many colors on a black embroidered ground; a center panel with upper and lower case alphabets, numerals and the signature, and a wide floral border. The black background stops with an outer border of green cross stitch one row thick.
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Details
- Title: Sampler
- Creator: Lucy Lathrop
- Date Created: ca. 1800
- Physical Dimensions: w318 x h337 cm
- Type: Sampler
- Rights: Bequest of Marian Hague
- Medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, eyelet, cross, long armed cross, rococco variation, chain and couching stitches on plain weave foundation
- Signed: Signature: "Lucy Lathrop her sampler made in the 11th year of her age".
- Inscribed: "Lucy Lathrop her sampler made in the 11th year of her age".
- Dimensions: H x W: 33.7 x 31.8cm (13 1/4 x 12 1/2in.)
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