Sampler
- Medium
- Linen, plain weave; drawnwork; embroidered with silk floss in cross stitches
- Dimensions
- 64.7 × 52.4 cm (25 1/2 × 20 5/8 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
samplerlinen (material)silk (textile)needlework (visual works)Textiledrawnworkembroideringplain weaving
About
This sampler was made at Mount Tabor Academy in New York and offers insight into sampler making through its inclusion of the length of time that it took Nancy Vredenburgh to complete: only 14 days. The verse entitled “Advice to Youth” is quoted from Ecclesiastes 12:1.