Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1879
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Sampler divided into three vertical panels. Panel at left: bands of withdrawn element work with overcasting, cross, herringbone and running stitches; insertion of woven tape; looping and buttonhole stitch (placket); insertion of woven rick-rack and tape; insertion of embroidery (looping and running stitches) and cutwork with needle-made fillings; insertion of crochet and woven tape; looping and buttonhole stitch (placket): insertion of folded woven tape: panel of embroidery (buttonhole, back feather stitches): insertion of gathers: bands of withdrawn element work with overcasting and running stitches alternate with fether and herringbone stitches: fringe.
label: Description
content: Cenral panel (from top): panel of mended knitting (squares cut out and discarded): knitting patterns: embroidery on machine-made net (running, satin, and looping stitches) plus patch cut out and reinserted and darned hole: band of embroidery (double running): darning sampler (center of crossed cut out): and eyelet stitch: scalloped edge (buttonhole, stem,, satin, double running).
label: Description
content: Patches and curved hems: band of embroidery (chain, running, knots, satin, double running): insertion of machine-made lace and looping: insertions of a crocheted medallion made of woven rick-rack and looping: insertion of two rows of hairpin lace (looping) crocheted together: applique of braid: canvas work (satin, running, eyelet, back, upright Gobelin, chain, cross, half cross, Roumanian, herringbone): panel (satin, stem, tied back, bullion knots) lace border made of two machine-made tapes and crochet.
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: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1981-28-224
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, cotton, and wool on plain weave cotton, knitted cotton, and machine-made cotton Technique: embroidered, sewn and knitted
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 68.6 x 76.8 cm (27 x 30 1/4 in.)