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Sampler
Mary Brown1732
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Small square sampler of fine white linen with five rows of squares and circles cut out, with needle lace and hollie point fillings. White geometric bands in between the rows, and a border of acorns in curving vine.
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Details
- Title: Sampler
- Creator: Mary Brown
- Date Created: 1732
- Location Created: England or Scotland
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Medium: silk and linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, stem and buttonhole stitches, with cutwork with needle-made loop-and-twist fillings (hollie point), on plain weave foundation
- Credit line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer
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