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Sampler
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Sampler

Lydia Stocker, American, 1785 - 1841 · 1798 · Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, stem, satin, running and overcasting stitches on plain weave foundation

From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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The small square field has an alphabet in four bands at the top and a landscape at the bottom with a house, tree, man and woman, dog, and deer. The deep border has an urn of flowers in each corner and flowers, butterflies and birds between.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own description
Credit lineSampler. 1798. Lydia Stocker, American, 1785 - 1841. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Bequest of Emily Coe Stowell from the Coe Collection. CC0.

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