sampler; "tablet sampler" in silk embroidery thread on linen; Lord's Prayer, creed, other designs; "Hannah Tomlinson, Her Work Wrought April The 19 1738" at bottom above row of crowns; 22.0 X 41.3 CM.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
England
Verbatim coll. place:
England
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)
Loans:
S1976-1977 #25: Oakland Museum of California (November 12, 1976–February 1, 1977)