Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1824, completed early 20th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Maltese cross followed by alphabet; floral band; field of isolated motifs, all contained within a curving floral border. "1824" in blue in the center. The date and the "Art Nouveau" motifs on the left contain mercerized cotton. The sampler may have been started at one date and completed many years later. Note resemblance to 1981-28-8 and 1981-28-33.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1981-28-11
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk and mercerized cotton embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 56.5 x 60 cm (22 1/4 x 23 5/8 in.)