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Sampler
Susanna Meck1827
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Sampler embroidered in red, black and blue on a white ground, with the alphabet and inscription Susanna Meck 1827 at the top, and many small detached motifs including animals, birds, urns of flowers, stars, etc. filling the field. With five sets of initials at the bottom: IFM MM SM LM CM
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Details
- Title: Sampler
- Creator: Susanna Meck
- Date Created: 1827
- Type: Sampler
- Rights: Gift of Mrs. J. Insely Blair in memory of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
- Medium: Medium: cotton embroidery on linen ground Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave foundation
- Provenance: By 1941, Mrs. J. Insley Blair1941, Museum of the Arts of Decoration of the Cooper Union
- Inscribed: Susan Nameck 1827IFM MM SM LM CM
- Dimensions: H x W: 43 x 45 cm (16 15/16 x 17 11/16 in.)
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