Spot sampler; French, 18th century
date: label: date made
content: 1700-1750
label: associated dates
content: 1964 06 12 / 1964 06 12
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A spot sampler or embroidery, possibly meant for cutting up into small applque pieces? French, Early 18th Century. Silk on Linen. Motifs from 17th Century Bestiaries and Herbals, include lions, rabbits, ducks, dragons, owls, etc; in various scales, in shades of yellows and browns, pinks, blues, with white and black. The frogs Are from Thomas Johnson's "A Book of Beaste, Birds, Flowers, Fruits, Flies and Worms". Counted work; cross stitch. Found in a chateau near Lyon in France with the silk yarns used to stitch it.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Samplers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T13676.A
label: accession number
content: 260696
label: catalog number
content: T13676.00A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sampler
label: Object Name
content: spot sampler
label: Other Terms
content: Sampler; Late 17th-Early 18th Century
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: crimson (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: violet (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: light tan ground (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: embroidery (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 1/2 in x 28 1/8 in; 57.15 cm x 71.4375 cm