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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:American
Title:Embroidered Picture: Sampler
Date Made:1780
Type:Textile
Materials:linen embroidered with polychrome silk threads in cross and satin stitch
Place Made:United States
Measurements:cloth: 8 in x 10 1/2 in; 20.3 cm x 26.7 cm
Accession Number:  SC 1968.30.224
Credit Line:Gift of Caroline Roberta Wing, class of 1896
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
1968_30_224.JPG

Description:
layers of alphabets, numbers and miscellaneous letters over columns holding curved "roofs" with religious motifs in each including a cross, robe, lance, crown of thorns, bird etc.

Subjects:
Embroidery; Linen; polychrome; Silk

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