Sampler
Medium
Linen, plain weave; drawnwork; embroidered with silk floss in cross stitches
Dimensions
64.7 × 52.4 cm (25 1/2 × 20 5/8 in.)
Classification
textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
193390
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
This sampler was made at Mount Tabor Academy in New York and offers insight into sampler making through its inclusion of the length of time that it took Nancy Vredenburgh to complete: only 14 days. The verse entitled “Advice to Youth” is quoted from Ecclesiastes 12:1.