Darning sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1809
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Mary Elsden
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A white rose on a stem with leaves and buds in the center and surrounded by eight crosses of darning stitches. Hemmed on four sides.
place: label: made in
content: England
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: Gift of Anonymous Donor from the Fraser/Martin Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1976-100-33
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Darning sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk on wool Technique: embroidery stitches are stem, herringbone, satin and darning stitches on plain weave foundation. Squares of the foundation fabric have been cut away at the center of each darning cross. The four corner crosses are plain weave, the others are basket, twill and plain weave.
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 36.5 x 33 cm (14 3/8 x 13 in.)