Sampler
Mercy Mackett
1688
- Medium
- Linen, plain weave; with bands of cut and drawn thread work in back, buttonhole, darning, double hem, interlocking lace, overcast, and needle lace filling stitches; bands of linen, needle lace; and bands embroidered with silk in Algerian eye, Antwerp edge, back, cross, double hem, double running, long-armed cross, two-sided Italian cross, satin, squared ground, and a variety of buttonhole stitches
- Dimensions
- 21.2 × 105.1 cm (8 3/8 × 41 3/8 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
silk (fiber)linensamplerenglish17th Centuryneedlework (visual works)Textileneedleworkingplain weaving