Sampler

1810

Medium: Medium: cotton and silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: cross, double-cross, eyelet and queen embroidery stitches on foundation of plain weave with paired warps and wefts
Genre: Embroidery & stitching
Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Square sampler worked in green, red, and black on a natural ground. Family record arranged in two columns listing dates of birth from 1722- 1831. Three alphabets at the top and an inscription at the bottom: "Mary A. Fox's Sampler Done in the Year 1814."