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Sampler

Unknown · ca. 1800 · Medium: silk, cotton, linen Technique: satin stitch embroidery with withdrawn element work

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

About this work

Embroidered sampler has a deep floral vine border in colored silks. Rectangular openwork design of a double headed eagle flanked by bulls. Initials BJP incorporated into eagle motif. Just above are squares of openwork with a variety of needle made filling stitches. Rectangle on the right has an openwork treatment for an alphabet.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own description

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Embroidery (visual works)Samplers (embroidery)

Credit lineSampler. ca. 1800. Unknown. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Bequest of Marsha Carson. CC0.

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