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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
Long narrow band sampler with rows of geometrical designs, scrolling floral vines and berries, and knots on the bottom half. Upper section has a variety of densely worked spot motifs such trees, flowers, and berries as well as geometrical patterns in multicolored shades and white-on-white embroidery. Upper left-hand corner has geometrical bands of openwork.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own descriptionCredit lineSampler. ca. 1650. Unknown. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Bequest of Marsha Carson. CC0.
