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Bird motif sampler

(American, 19th century)
1826
Object PlaceDeerfield, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniqueLinen plain weave embroidered with silk in cross and eyelet stitches
DimensionsHeight x width: 27.3 × 53.3 cm (10 3/4 × 21 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Robert C. and Mary Lou Sutter
Accession number2017.1338
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceBy 2012, Robert and Mary Lou Sutter, Hanson, MA; 2017, bequest of Robert and Mary Lou Sutter to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)
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