Darning sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1711
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rectangular darning sampler with fifteen darning crosses and two corner mends, with picot edgings and hemstitching. In the center square, where the foundation fabric has been cut away and replaced, the inscription GD 1711, surmounted by a crown, is embroidered in red cross stitch.
place: label: made in
content: Netherlands
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1937-75-1
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Darning sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk and linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in running (pattern darning) and cross stitches on plain weave Label: linen embroidered with silk in pattern darning and cross stitches
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 80 x 64.1 cm (31 1/2 x 25 1/4 in.)