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Sampler

Mary A. Fox · 1814 · Medium: cotton and silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: cross, double-cross, eyelet and queen embroidery stitches on foundation of plain weave with paired warps and wefts

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

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Square sampler worked in green, red, and black on a natural ground. Family record arranged in two columns listing dates of birth from 1722- 1831. Three alphabets at the top and an inscription at the bottom: "Mary A. Fox's Sampler Done in the Year 1814."

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own description

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Embroidery (visual works)Samplers (embroidery)

Credit lineSampler. 1814. Mary A. Fox. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Gift of Anonymous Donor from the Fraser/Martin Collection. CC0.

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