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Sampler
Peggy Dodge1785
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
The center field contains bands of alphabets and numerals embroidered in black with the inscription Peggy Dodges Sampler. A wide border contains flowering plants, baskets of flowers, butterflies, female figures, and a house in a landscape, embroidered in many colors and with the ground fabric completely covered.
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Details
- Title: Sampler
- Creator: Peggy Dodge
- Creator Lifespan: 1774
- Date Created: 1785
- Physical Dimensions: w320 x h395 cm
- Type: Sampler
- Rights: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer
- Medium: Medium: silk and wool embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, stem, chain, feather, Rumanian, buttonhole, surface satin, half cross, and eyelet stitches on plain weave foundation
- Provenance: Ex. coll. Gertrude Oppenheimer. Donor bought at antique show in 1943 for $45.
- Inscribed: Peggy Dodges Sampler
- Dimensions: H x W: 39.4 x 31.8 cm (15 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.)
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