Darning sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1785
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Esther Lucas
label: Student at
content: Ackworth School, founded 1778
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Darning sampler with five pattern crosses. Hemmed on all four sides.
label: Description
content: Five holes were cut from the plain weave foundation fabric and the holes darned to simulate five different weaves; twill, herringbone twill, bird's eye diaper and two float patterns. Inscription in cross stitch.
place: label: made in
content: Yorkshire, England
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: Gift of Anonymous Donor from the Fraser/Martin Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1976-100-25
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Darning sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: running (pattern darning) and cross stitch on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 19.7 x 20.3 cm (7 3/4 x 8 in.)