Culture or time period: European cultures / Materials: Cotton (textile) / Function: 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 7-7299, described as Description: doll. materials: cloth body, firmly stuffed, fired ceramic head-high gloss dark hair, blue eyes, red kid hands, white underwear, tattered pink dress, knitted stockings; one red kid shoe without its buttons. Dimensions: 18 3/4 inches tall.

Hearst Museum object titled Sampler, accession number 7-3106, described as Sampler; alphabet, birds, animal, crowns, etc.; varicolored yarn on natural ground; pattern book motifs; poor condition; 29.3 X 17.8 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Sampler, accession number 7-3113, described as sampler; cotton ground w/silk embroidery floss in cross stitch; birds, squirrels, floral and geom. designs; white ground, varicolored designs; 51.5 X 25.5 cm. Acc. to Carole Austin (1988) "Motifs are typical of very early English samplers dating as far back as the 16th century. The ground and thread are more typical of much later works. The girl could have been copying an older piece??