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Sampler

1850

Medium: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitches (cross stitch is looping, backward movement type) on plain weave foundation
Genre: Embroidery & stitching
Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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