Sampler

Museum number:
2-69167
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4092
Description:
Sampler of four pale pink and white large roses in satin stitch lower half; “1837” and name of embroider center line “Maryanna Robers, 12 years”. Alphabet on the upper half, 4 line poem to dead sister right center; yellow white and green yarn in addition to floral embroidery.
Donor:
(anonymous)
Collection place:
United States
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Samplers (textile art)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
October 13, 1985
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Sampler, accession number 2-69167, described as Sampler of four pale pink and white large roses in satin stitch lower half; “1837” and name of embroider center line “Maryanna Robers, 12 years”. Alphabet on the upper half, 4 line poem to dead sister right center; yellow white and green yarn in addition to floral embroidery.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Sampler, accession number 2-69167, described as Sampler of four pale pink and white large roses in satin stitch lower half; “1837” and name of embroider center line “Maryanna Robers, 12 years”. Alphabet on the upper half, 4 line poem to dead sister right center; yellow white and green yarn in addition to floral embroidery.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sampler, accession number 2-69167, described as Sampler of four pale pink and white large roses in satin stitch lower half; “1837” and name of embroider center line “Maryanna Robers, 12 years”. Alphabet on the upper half, 4 line poem to dead sister right center; yellow white and green yarn in addition to floral embroidery.

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