Whitework sampler
mid-17th century
Object PlaceEngland
Medium/TechniqueLinen plain weave ground embroidered with linen
Dimensions114.2 x 17 cm (44 15/16 x 6 11/16 in.) (detail shown)
Credit LineGift of Miss Alma Greene and Miss Sarah Eloise Greene in memory of their sister, Lilian Greene
Accession number46.369
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTextiles
Collections
ProvenanceLent by the Misses Greene, March 21, 1938; gift of Miss Alma Greene and Miss Sarah Eloise Greene to MFA, 1946
late 18th century
1785
1794
19th century
1813
4th–6th century A.D.
16th century
4th–5th century
1761
18th century
probably first half of 19th century
4th–7th century A.D.