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Sampler
From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Sampler worked by Mary Harris in black thread on a natural ground. A border of twenty-two half-lozenges. The upper half of the field has seven alphabets. The lower half of the field is filled with pattern lozenges and wreaths, with baskets of flowers, birds, initials and sentiments: "Tho absent yet beloved," "Token of love."
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own descriptionCredit lineSampler. early 19th century. Mary Harris. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe. CC0.
