Sampler

Unknown Artist

mid-17th century

Sampler by Unknown Artist

Medium

Canvas worked with silk and metal thread; tent, cross, back, plaited braid, knots, laid work, and detached buttonhole stitches

Dimensions

H. 21 3/4 x W. 10 5/8 inches (55.2 x 27 cm); Framed: H. 22 3/8 x W. 11 3/8 x D. 1 inch (56.8 x 29.2 x 2.5 cm)

Classification

Textiles-Embroidered

Culture

British

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964

Accession Number

64.101.1328

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