Sampler

Museum number:
2-69159
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4092
Description:
Sampler with upper half containing homilies in black; lower half large floral embroidery flanked by linear vegetation with birds above. Embroidered by “Elizabeth Wikes 1816”. Marked on back of frame; from Boston Mass. Sampler of cross stich and also fine needlework.
Donor:
(anonymous)
Collection place:
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
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
Production date:
1816
Accession date:
October 13, 1985
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Sampler, accession number 2-69159, described as Sampler with upper half containing homilies in black; lower half large floral embroidery flanked by linear vegetation with birds above. Embroidered by “Elizabeth Wikes 1816”. Marked on back of frame; from Boston Mass. Sampler of cross stich and also fine needlework.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Sampler, accession number 2-69159, described as Sampler with upper half containing homilies in black; lower half large floral embroidery flanked by linear vegetation with birds above. Embroidered by “Elizabeth Wikes 1816”. Marked on back of frame; from Boston Mass. Sampler of cross stich and also fine needlework.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sampler, accession number 2-69159, described as Sampler with upper half containing homilies in black; lower half large floral embroidery flanked by linear vegetation with birds above. Embroidered by “Elizabeth Wikes 1816”. Marked on back of frame; from Boston Mass. Sampler of cross stich and also fine needlework.

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