Sampler

Mary Ann Walton1818

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Multiple bands of alphabets separated by narrow borders, with a wide floral border of carnations and tulips, embroidered in colored silks on a coarse natural linen ground.

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Title: Sampler
Creator: Mary Ann Walton
Date Created: 1818
Type: Sampler
Rights: Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe
Medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, tent and rococo stitches on plain weave foundation
Provenance: By 1941, Mrs. Henry E. Coe (Eva Johnston Coe)1941, Museum for the Arts of Decoration of the Cooper Union
Inscribed: Mary Ann Walton
Dimensions: H x W: 32 x 41 cm (12 5/8 x 16 1/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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