Darning sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1723
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Small square sampler with nine squares of pattern darning. In the center square, where the foundation fabric has been cut away and then replaced, a crown and the inscription A.H.L. Anno 1723 has been embroidered in red cross stitch. The other eight squares demonstrate four twill and chevron variations, three plain weave variations, and one knitted pattern.
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 Sarah Cooper Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1929-20-34
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Darning sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery, linen foundation Technique: darned and embroidered
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 43.2 x 44.5 cm (17 x 17 1/2 in.)