Sampler
date: label: date made
content: 1934
name: label: maker
content: Rivera, Clara
notes: label: Description
content: Into the 20th century, many considered sewing an integral part of the education of all young girls, who used needlework samplers like this one to learn and master patterns and stitches. Needlework and the skilled handling of a sewing machine helped many women to support their families. Clara Rivera sewed this sampler in the city of Ponce in 1934, combining text with geometric and floral designs.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: Durante el siglo XX, la costura se consideraba parte integral de la educación de las niñas, quienes utilizaban dechados como éste para practicar nuevos diseños y puntos. La costura y la destreza en las máquinas de coser permitieron a muchas mujeres contribuir con el sustento de sus familias. Clara Rivera cosió su dechado en la ciudad de Ponce en 1934, combinando texto, diseños geométricos y florales.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico: Ponce, Ponce
title: label: Title (Spanish)
content: Dechado
topic: label: Subject
content: Sewing and Knitting
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content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Vidal
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0097.1227.009
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.1227.009
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sampler
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: textile; cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 39 cm x 53 cm; x 15 3/8 in x 20 7/8 in