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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 view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceLent by the Misses Greene, March 21, 1938; gift of Miss Alma Greene and Miss Sarah Eloise Greene to MFA, 1946
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