Darning sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1836
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Small square sampler with nine squares of pattern darning, one simulating knitting. Above and below the center square are the initials F.L. and the date 1836. Hemmed on four sides with a decorative hemstitch.
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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: 1981-28-208
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Darning sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery, cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in running and four sided cross stitches with overcasting over withdrawn element work on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 24.1 x 23.5 cm (9 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.)