Sampler
1654
Object PlaceEngland
Medium/TechniqueLinen plain weave embroidered with silk in marking cross, buttonhole, couching, double-running, Montenegrin cross, and satin stitches
DimensionsLength x width: 45.8 x 19.4 x 0.3 cm (18 1/16 x 7 5/8 x 1/8 in.) (Maximum)
Credit LineThe Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession number43.275
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Not on viewClassificationsTextiles
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1926, Percival Griffiths, England [see note 1]. By 1943, Miss Elizabeth Day McCormick, Chicago; February 15, 1943, lent by McCormick to the MFA; gift of McCormick to the MFA (Accession date: October 14, 1943)
NOTES:
[1] See "Domestic Needlework: Its Origins and Customs Throughout the Centuries" by G. Saville Seligman and Talbot Hughes, London, 1926, plate 3, where published as "Linen sampler in coloured silks; English, dated 1654."
NOTES:
[1] See "Domestic Needlework: Its Origins and Customs Throughout the Centuries" by G. Saville Seligman and Talbot Hughes, London, 1926, plate 3, where published as "Linen sampler in coloured silks; English, dated 1654."
mid 16th–mid 17th century
