Sampler

Museum number:
7-6346
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4092
Description:
Sampler; poem and "Nancy P. Blanchard aged 8 years" in center, curvilinear and floral border; width 30.5 x length 43.8 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)
Comment:
Linen background with silk embroidery floss; cross stitch and tent stitch, varicolored.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Sampler, accession number 7-6346, described as Sampler; poem and "Nancy P. Blanchard aged 8 years" in center, curvilinear and floral border; width 30.5 x length 43.8 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sampler, accession number 7-6346, described as Sampler; poem and "Nancy P. Blanchard aged 8 years" in center, curvilinear and floral border; width 30.5 x length 43.8 centimeters.

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