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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1923.39
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Sampler
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
textile
Date
19th century
Places
Creation Place: North America, Mexico
Culture
Mexican
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215146

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Plain woven linen with silk embroidery
Technique
Embroidery
Dimensions
97.8 x 74.6 x 97.79 cm (38 1/2 x 29 3/8 x 38 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Professor William M. Davis, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1923

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Professor William M. Davis
Accession Year
1923
Object Number
1923.39
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Sampler embroidered (cross, cut and drawn work) with different bands of various floral, figural, geometric, and animal motifs in multicoloured silk on a plain-woven linen ground; satin backing.

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