Sampler; upper half worked in religious theme, lower half 4 lines on freedom with bird in tree flanked by floral design; "Elizabeth Rogerf November 4th 1837" at bottom; old English alphabet; fragile, torn on 3 edges; length 45 x width 33 centimeters.
Donor:
(anonymous)
Collection place:
England
Verbatim coll. place:
England attributed
Culture or time period:
English
Collector:
Mrs. William Fitzhugh Sr.
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:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)