Sampler
Unknown Artist
19th century
Medium
Silk and wool on wool canvas
Dimensions
H. 12 7/8 x W. 18 3/4 inches 32.7 x 47.6 cm
Classification
Textiles-Embroidered
Culture
German
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
From the Collection of Mrs. Lathrop Colgate Harper, Bequest of Mabel Herbert Harper, 1957
Accession Number
57.122.655
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate 19th-century German sampler, embroidered with silk and wool on a wool canvas, 12⅞ × 18¾ inches and captures the everyday charm of houses nestled among blooming flowers. Created by an unknown artist—likely a young woman or girl as part of her education—the piece exemplifies the embroidered textiles tradition in European decorative arts. Displayed in the Metropolitan Museum Art's European Sculpture andative Arts Department, it entered the collection through the generous bequest of Mabel Herbert in 1957, from her mother Mrs. Lathrop Colgate Harper. Samplers like this one were essen...