Sampler
Unknown
1790
- Medium
- Medium: silk, linen Technique: petit point tent stitch, cross and eyelet stitches on plain weave
Styles
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Embroidered sampler with Adam and Eve under a heavily fruited tree, crucifixion with dripping blood, and the pious pelican pecking her breast to feed her young. Spot motifs include a camel and a basket of flowers. Cartouche containing the initials ACL Anno 1790. Alphabet bands run along the top and bottom.
![[Portrait of Catherine Sandeman]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/9ad6a3eb-f237-47bb-9d0a-509fd2e519cb/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
![[Danaë]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/6e0c4944-a3d1-435e-b20f-9ed510773b88/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
![[Unidentified man in costume with back to camera, going through side of a curtain]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/f7c64cdf-e8c8-43d7-8d41-8cf6998e0667/full/843,/0/default.jpg)