Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1839
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Caroline Piovan, Italian
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Short and wider rectangle with alphabet, signature and isolated motifs including Italian flag. Mercerized cotton present in the sampler makes the embroidered date impossible.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1981-28-16
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, mercerized cotton and wool embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, eyelet and four sided cross stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 18.1 x 75.2 cm (7 1/8 x 29 5/8 in.)