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Darning sampler

1849
Object PlaceGermany or Holland
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain weave embroidered with silk
Dimensions46.6 x 50.3 cm (18 3/8 x 19 13/16 in.)
Credit LineThe Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession number46.747
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceGift of Elizabeth Day McCormick to the MFA, 1946
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Bed cover
20th century
Length of embroidered silk
19th or early 20th century
Conservation Status: After Treatment
mid to late 1860s
Bag
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