Sampler
Cooper Hewitt

Sampler

Unknown · 1733

Medium: silk, linen Technique: embroidered
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt

Ten different alphabets fill the top half of the sampler, some heavily embellished. Spot motifs below include human figures, flowers, hearts, birds, geometrical shapes, and the large initials AA.

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