Bands of alphabets and numerals with geometric cross borders, and an inscription. In the lower half, baskets of flowering vines and birds fill the field. With a black and white diamond border.
Details
Title: Sampler
Creator: Sarah C. Neal, American
Date Created: 1826
Physical Dimensions: w460 x h470 cm
Type: Sampler
Rights: Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe
Medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, and stem 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: Sarah C. Neal aged 18 Newmarket
Dimensions: H x W: 47 x 46 cm (18 1/2 x 18 1/8 in.)
Bibliography: Ethel Stanwood Bolton and Eva Johnston Coe, American Samplers (Boston: The Massachusetts Society of the Colonial Dames of America, 1921) 200.
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