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Sampler
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Sampler

Lucy Lathrop · ca. 1800 · Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, eyelet, cross, long armed cross, rococco variation, chain and couching stitches on plain weave foundation

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

About this work

Embroidered in many colors on a black embroidered ground; a center panel with upper and lower case alphabets, numerals and the signature, and a wide floral border. The black background stops with an outer border of green cross stitch one row thick.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own description
Credit lineSampler. ca. 1800. Lucy Lathrop. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Bequest of Marian Hague. CC0.

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