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Knitting sampler

18th or 19th century
Object PlaceGermany (probably)
Medium/TechniqueCotton knit with silk ribbon trim embroidered with silk
Dimensions250 x 7.8 cm (98 7/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
Credit LineThe Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession number43.1024
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceGift of Elizabeth Day McCormick to MFA, 1943
Cushion cover
1600–25
Piece of damask
Probably 16th–17th century
a-b
possibly 16th century
Infant's cap
second quarter of 19th century
Woman's cap
Elizabeth Hyslop (Sumner)
late 18th to early 19th century
Cover
18th century
Curtain
probably 19th century