Embroidery sampler
Date: 19th c.
Medium: silk embroidery on linen canvas
Classification: Visual Works
Credit Line: Bequest of Agnes Hulburd Conger
Object number: 1981.9.297
DescriptionSmall counted-cross stitch embroidery sampler on coarse linen ground. Seven separate motifs: 3 baskets of flowers, 1 flowering vine, 1 sailboat, and 2 birds; worked in multicolored threads. Ground fabric is hand-hemmed on three sides.