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Sampler
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Sampler

Unknown · 1733 · Medium: silk, linen Technique: embroidered

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

About this work

Ten different alphabets fill the top half of the sampler, some heavily embellished. Spot motifs below include human figures, flowers, hearts, birds, geometrical shapes, and the large initials AA.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own description
Credit lineSampler. 1733. Unknown. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Bequest of Marsha Carson. CC0.

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