sampler, silk embr. on plainweave linen; one large eagle, one row small confronting birds, long verses about birds; natural ground, varicolored threads; 21.5 x 41 cm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
England
Verbatim coll. place:
England attr.
Culture or time period:
English
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1908
Materials:
Linen (material), Silk, and Yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Samplers (textile art)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)